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Terence Blanchard’s Champion(The Met 2023)
Opening on 29-10-2023
HK
200 minutes
English(English(In Parts) Subtitles)
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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 2021–22. 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.*Content Advisory: Champion addresses adult themes and contains some adult language.
Director
James Robinson, Camille A. Brown Cast |
Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe |
* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens

Terence Blanchard’s Champion(The Met 2023)
Opening on 29-10-2023
HK
200 minutes
English(English(In Parts) Subtitles)
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 2021–22. 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.*Content Advisory: Champion addresses adult themes and contains some adult language.
Director
James Robinson, Camille A. Brown Cast
Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe
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* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens