Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Terence BlanchardThe Met opens its season with this landmark work: the first performance of an opera by a Black composer with co-direction by the first Black director of a mainstage production.
Composed by Grammy Award–winning jazz musician Terence Blanchard, the opera is an adaptation of Charles M. Blow's moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after its 2019 world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as "bold and affecting" and "subtly powerful." Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man's journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown—two of the creators of the Met's sensational recent production of Porgy and Bess—co-direct this new staging. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera's most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie.
Terence Blanchard will perform live at the Hop on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
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Terence Blanchard's Met Opera Debut Is A Singular Achievement And A Shared Success
Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones is the first opera by a Black composer presented by the Metropolitan Opera in the New York institution's 138-year existence.
A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera
Terence Blanchard, best known for scoring Spike Lee films, reopens the 138-year-old opera company with "Fire Shut Up in My Bones."
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