TANIA ARAZI COAMBS
WRITER & SCHOLAR
“Young Woman Writing a Letter” (1874) by Federico Zandomeneghi
My work as a writer encompasses creative fiction, plays, librettos, poetry, as well as scholarly work.
Scholarship
My work examines Latinx opera composition in the United States and argues that starting from the mid 1980s to the present, the bourgeoning trend to produce operas of the Latina/o and Latin American experience is indicative of the development of an emergent sub-genre of American operatic composition. Reflective of the growing Hispanic population within the United States, this significant programming trend is understood as intending to promote the engagement of new audiences in the United States through the inclusion of cultural, socio-political, and historical representations with which Latina/o audiences identify as being reflective of their cultural background and life experience. Significantly, these operas also offer new representations of American ethnic and cultural identity within our multiracial and multiethnic society.