Anthony Davis Wins Pulitzer Prize For His Opera ‘The Central Park Five’

Composer and pianist Anthony Davis, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

The Central Park Five is an operatic narrative retelling the true story of the five African-American and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping and assaulting a white woman in 1989.

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The Central Park Five is an operatic narrative retelling the true story of the five African-American and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping and assaulting a white woman in 1989.