We Shall Not Be Moved

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Debra Lew Harder

Continuing WRTI 90.1’s tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the dynamic baritone Keith Spencer joined us on in 2019 for a program that explored the…

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An Opera Based On the MOVE Bombing in Philadelphia Asks: Can We Truly Love Each Other?

Susan Lewis

In a new opera, We Shall Not Be Moved, five teens find shelter in a condemned house in West Philadelphia, inhabited by ghosts recalling five children…

The opera <em>We Shall Not Be Moved </em>revisits the story of the 1985 bombing of the<em></em> MOVE house in Philadelphia, and that tragedy's impact on Philadelphia's youth. Shown here: Actors portraying the ghosts that inhabit the site of the bombing surround character Un/Sung (Lauren Whitehead, center).

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'We Shall Not Be Moved': A New Opera Traces The Legacy Of The 1985 MOVE Bombing

Jeff Lunden

The opera, presented by Opera Philadelphia with the Apollo Theater, had its world premiere Sept. 16. It revisits the house at the center of the bombing and its impact on Philadelphia's youth today.