Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Terence Blanchard
LIVE IN HD
Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera
Presented by: The Metropolitan Opera
When
Occurs on
Saturday October 23 2021
Approximate running time: 2 hours and 55 minutes
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Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir. The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and 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 recent production of the Gershwins’ 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.
The Met: Live in HD 2021-22 season is generously supported by Nancy R. Wadhams.
The Met: Live in HD 2021-22 season is generously supported by Nancy R. Wadhams.