The Metropolitan Opera: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
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| Director: | Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
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| Studio: | The Metropolitan Opera |
| Cast: | Will Liverman, Angel Blue, Latonia Moore |
| Genre: | Opera |
| Length: | 195 minutes |
The Metropolitan Opera: Fire Shut Up In My Bones Synopsis
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, live in cinemas on October 23. 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.