Margaret Garner (opera)

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Margaret Garner
Opera by Richard Danielpour
The opera's protagonist, Margaret Garner, in an 1867 painting by Thomas Satterwhite Noble
Librettist	Toni Morrison
Language	English
Premiere	7 May 2005 (2005-05-07) Detroit Opera House

Margaret Garner is an opera in two acts composed by Richard Danielpour to an English-language libretto by Toni Morrison. The opera is loosely based on actual events in the life of runaway slave Margaret Garner. A co-commission by the Michigan Opera Theatre, Cincinnati Opera and Opera Philadelphia, it premièred on 7 May 2005 at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan with Denyce Graves in the title role.