S51 Ep5
Great Performances at the Met: Champion
Premiere: 11/5/2023 | 02:47:12 | TV-MA |
Six-time Grammy Award winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met
with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from
obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual.
Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green stars as the young boxer, with bass-baritone
Eric Owens as Griffith's older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Soprano Latonia Moore also stars as Emelda Griffith, the boxer's estranged
mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe plays the gay bar owner,
Kathy Hagen. The production reunites the creative team from last season's
Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones, including conductor
Yannick Ne zet-Se guin, director James Robinson, and choreographer Camille A. Brown.
Lawrence Brownlee hosts.
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