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Champion is an opera in two acts and ten scenes with music by Terence Blanchard and a libretto by Michael Cristofer. Based on the life of African-American welterweight boxer Emile Griffith, this opera is a joint co-commission by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) and Jazz St. Louis.
23 de sept. de 2021 · As a young man, his father fell under the sway of Osceola Blanchet, a high school chemistry teacher in New Orleans who evangelized for classical music on the side.
9 de abr. de 2023 · Ike Edeani for The New York Times. For example, during the rehearsal last month, the soprano Latonia Moore, as Griffith’s mother, was singing a rhythmically bumptious riff from the first act when...
27 de abr. de 2024 · Ryan Speedo Green and Latonia Moore star in Blanchard's drama of a young man's journey, which in 2021 became the first opera by a black composer to be staged at the New York Met.
15 de dic. de 2023 · Champion, an opera by Terence Blanchard with libretto by Michael Cristofer, tells the true story of welterweight boxer Emile Griffith who is haunted by guilt. This “opera in jazz” features a brilliant cast, including Reginald Smith, Jr. and Justin Austin, and is led by Music Director Enrique Mazzola. Learn more.
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.
28 de ene. de 2024 · Composer Terence Blanchard’s work effectively pairs young and old versions of fighter Emile Griffith, who struggled with male identity and the aftermath of a knockout that proved deadly.
