The Metropolitan Opera: Champion
Synopsis
Six-time Grammy Awardâwinning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffithâs older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxerâs estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick NĂ©zet-SĂ©guin takes the podium for Blanchardâs second Met premiere, also reuniting the director-and-choreographer team of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown.
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