Great Performances - Season 51 Episode 5 : Great Performances at the Met: Champion

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Great Performances - Season 51 Episode 5 : Great Performances at the Met: Champion
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Title:Great Performances - Season 51 Episode 5 : Great Performances at the Met: Champion
Genre: Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Air Date: 2023-11-05
Season Number: 51
Episodes Number: 5
Guest Stars:
Stars: Bray Poor (Narrator (voice)),
Overview
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green stars as the young boxer, with bass-baritone Eric Owens as Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore also stars as Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe plays the gay bar owner, Kathy Hagen. The production reunites the creative team from last season’s Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones, including conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, director James Robinson, and choreographer Camille A. Brown. Lawrence Brownlee hosts.
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