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Following its Metropolitan Opera premiere on April 10th, Terence Blanchard's opera Champion, based on the true story of the troubled former middleweight boxing champion Emile Griffith, continues with nine performances running through May 13.
The opera by Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard opened April 10.
NEW YORK (AP) — When Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” proved a sell-out hit at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021, general manager Peter Gelb wasted no time lining up the composer’s other opera for the current season.
Now playing at the Met, Champion follows the life of the boxer Emile Griffith, who was closeted.
Jay Nordlinger on “Champion,” by Terence Blanchard, at the Met.