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Aaron Copland, considered one of America’s greatest composers, wrote the opera The Tender Land after seeing the Depression-era photographs of Walker Evans in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. That famous work was recently performed by a new opera company in Southwest Virginia. Under the direction of David Volk and Amber Burke ( The University of Virginia’s College at Wise), this first season of opera gave participants the chance to learn about a type of music not often taught in the region.
