South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Lakota Music Project Merges Two Traditions for One Common Cause

For almost 20 years, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra has been collaborating with Native artists, aiming to address a history of racial tension.

By Zachary Woolfe

Giants in the Earth (Opera) Gier, Delta David Moore, Douglas Opera Rolvaag, O.E. South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

‘Giants of the Earth’ Opera Returns at Last in South Dakota

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is making a fresh case for Douglas Moore’s “Giants in the Earth,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning but long obscure opera.

By Joshua Barone