The Metropolitan Opera: Champion
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| 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 |
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.