Forgotten for 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds a stage

Tenor Chauncey Packer, left, and soprano Taylor J. White, white, rehearse Edmond Dédé

Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.

(Image credit: Camille Farrah Lenain for NPR)