2 - 09 Amistad, Act II, Scene VI Aria They Come As If From The Heavens by Anthony Davis published on 2015-09-29T06:23:54Z This is Act II, Scene 6 from a live performance of the opera Amistad by Anthony Davis and Thulani Davis sung by Florence Quivar with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Goddess of the Waters tells the story of the "Middle Passage" from the perspective of the ocean as she receives the bodies of slaves tossed overboard. For the Goddess these actions not only are immoral but literally a violation of her body. Genre Opera