Organization

Pianist

Artina McCain

Singer

Soprano

Takesha Meshé Kizart

Anima Mundi Productions

English

Maternità

Public

Opera Gala

Prayer to the Mother

Sweet Baby

Women of the Hearth

Four Generations

Bathed in Black Maternity

Approved

"Sweet Baby," a new art song by Regina Harris Baiocchi
Performed by Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas, soprano, and Artina McCain, piano
Created in collaboration with Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas for the "Maternità" project. Premiered and live-streamed on March 20, 2022 from the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon
Video production by Valhalla Media
Watch the entire concert on-demand on the AÏRIS platform at: watchonairis.io/event/maternita
Maternità is a production of Anima Mundi Productions: animamundiproductions.com/

“Sweet Baby” by Regina Harris Baiocchi

Production Manager

Shawn Ramagos

Executive Director

Ethan Gans-Morse

Maternità is a unique new recital exploring the theme of motherhood through famous operatic heroines and world premieres by Black, First Nations/Indigenous, and Latina female composers. Dramatic soprano Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas has been called “worthy of all superlatives" by Opera Magazine and has performed with storied institutions such as the Metropolitan Opera and Sydney Opera House.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew