The Metropolitan Opera: Champion
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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. 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 Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Blanchard’s second Met premiere, also reuniting the director-and-choreographer team of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown.
Release Date : 2023-04-29
Language :English
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Status : Released
Production Company : The Metropolitan OperaA Metropolitan Opera High-Definition Production
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Cast
Character Name : Emile Griffith
Original Name : Eric Owens
Gender : Male
Character Name : Emelda Griffith
Original Name : Latonia Moore
Gender : Male
Character Name : Benny "Kid" Paret / Benny Paret, jr.
Original Name : Eric Greene
Gender : Male
Character Name : Howie Albert
Original Name : Paul Groves
Gender : Male
Character Name : Ring Announcer
Original Name : Lee Wilkof
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kathy Hagen
Original Name : Stephanie Blythe
Gender : Female
Character Name : Man in Bar
Original Name : Edward Nelson
Gender : Male
Character Name : Cousin Blanche
Original Name : Krysty Swann
Gender : Male
Character Name : Little Emile
Original Name : Ethan Joseph
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lucia Paret
Original Name : Helena Brown
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mano Alfano
Original Name : Tshombe Selby
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sadie Donastorg Griffith
Original Name : Brittany Renee
Gender : Male
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