Opera Ebony proved years ago that this was the case, and the large, ethnically diverse, enthusiastic audience that attended Monday's performance added further support to the theory.

Opera Ebony is the longest surviving African-American opera company in American history.

Resident companies of the hall, Opera Ebony and the Dance Theater of Harlem, also took the stage.

Now Opera Ebony has reclaimed the work and is presenting a third edition at the Majestic Theater through this evening.

It also demands a broad range of vocal skills, to which Opera Ebony - a company that specializes in giving young black singers opportunities - is ideally suited.

Founded in 1973, Opera Ebony seems to be doing just fine.

Opera Ebony, now 16 years old, has been branching out in ambitious directions.

Opera Ebony makes the most of its strengths and advertises its weaknesses, I'm afraid, with much the same fervor.

Opera Ebony has found in Arthur Woodley an appropriate center for its production.

He directed "The Medium" and "Sojourner" for Opera Ebony.