Tesori: Blue

Washington National Opera presents Blue, a contemporary opera on racial injustice in the US today, with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson set to music by Jeanine Tesori. Blue tells the tragic story of an African-American police officer whose son is killed by a fellow officer during a protest. Historically and musically, Blue compassionately tells a story that is at once painful and identifiable. (Pentatone)