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The Metropolitan Opera: Champion

The Metropolitan Opera: Champion
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Released: April 29, 2023
Director: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Studio: The Metropolitan Opera
Cast: Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe
Genre: Opera
Length: 200 minutes

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The Metropolitan Opera: Champion Overview

Six-time Grammy Award-winning 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 2021-22. 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 Griffith's older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer's estranged mother, and mezzo- soprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Ne´zet-Se´guin takes the podium for Blanchard's second Met premiere, also reuniting the director-and-choreographer team of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown.

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