The Metropolitan Opera: Champion (2023)
Synopsis
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
Runtime: 175 minutes
Director: James Robinson
Top Cast
- Eric Owens as Emile Griffith
- Latonia Moore as Emelda Griffith
- Eric Greene as Benny "Kid" Paret / Benny Paret, jr.
- Paul Groves as Howie Albert
- Lee Wilkof as Ring Announcer
- Stephanie Blythe as Kathy Hagen
- Edward Nelson as Man in Bar
- Krysty Swann as Cousin Blanche
- Ethan Joseph as Little Emile
- Helena Brown as Lucia Paret
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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