GBH Music and Boston Lyric Opera presented MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens in conversation with renowned scholar of Black music and culture, and co-host of the GBH News podcast All Rev’d Up Emmett G. Price III about the New England premiere of Omar, composed by Giddens and Michael Abels (score for Get Out and Us), with libretto by Giddens. The livestreamed conversation was combined with musical performances from members of the cast.