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Work of the Week – Anthony Davis: Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote

By Christopher Peter
11 Jan 2026

Mixtec-style illustration: Pancho Rabbit and a smiling coyote stand in a desert before a monumental wall with pre-Columbian reliefs. A glowing path leads to a vertical gap in the wall where the sun rises, casting golden light across the orange sky.

Anthony Davis's chamber opera Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote is a binational commission exploring the migrant experience at the U.S.-Mexico border. Based on Duncan Tonatiuh’s award-winning children's book, the opera uses a bilingual animal fable to make themes of hope, exploitation, and family unity musically tangible. The production blends jazz, classical, and Mexican folklore into a contemporary "Animal Farm".

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Work of the Week – Anthony Davis: The Central Park Five

4 May 2025

African American composer Anthony Davis sits front in a black suit and white shirt, holding glasses. In the background: a dim scene from The Central Park Five at Dallas Opera with five young men in motion.

A true story of injustice turned into opera: Anthony Davis’s The Central Park Five brings five falsely convicted teenagers to the stage – in May 2025 a new orchestral version premieres at Detroit Opera.

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