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Review: ‘Champion’ at Lyric Opera delivers the full force of a boxer’s painful story
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThree different singers play the welterweight boxer Emile Griffith in Lyric Opera’s visceral production of Terence Blanchard’s 2013 jazz opera “Champion.” That’s not uncommon in biographical ...
Tom Archdeacon: Opera on life of legendary boxer to be shown here
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 28—Both boxers were fearful as the weigh-in approached. Emile Griffith, who was trying to regain his welterweight crown from Benny "Kid" Paret in their nationally-televised title fight ...
Terence Blanchard’s ‘Champion’ opera shows the haunting polarity between Black queerness and Black...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoREVIEW: “Champion” is the second opera by a Black composer to play the New York Metropolitan Opera...
Reusse: Morrell returning to the Armory — as reflective ringside spectator
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year ago. The one-class boys basketball state tournament remained a huge Minnesota event. Boxing retained a large following on free television. On that Saturday night six decades ago, simultaneously ...
True story of a bisexual boxer who killed his rival in the ring heads to the Met Opera
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoGrammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard, best known for his Spike Lee collaborations, brings his...
Met premieres Blanchard's `Champion,' an `opera in jazz'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” proved a sell-out hit at the Metropolitan Opera...
Terence Blanchard, Camille A. Brown talk ‘Champion,’ the latest Black opera to hit the Met
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoINTERVIEW: TheGrio spoke with Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Tony Award-nominated...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Shuffleboard
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThere are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve today's puzzle before reading further!...
The ‘Maestro’ Takes a Bow
SPIN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA Star Is Born to Be Rereleased With 12 Minutes of New Footage In Maestro, director, actor, and co-screenwriter Bradley Cooper’s magnetic new film, the...
Lyric Opera 2023-24 season: Wagner, ‘Cinderella’ and an opera about a boxer
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago’s Lyric Opera announced the company’s 2023-24 season Tuesday, billing the extensive slate as a “global tour of opera featuring a richly curated slate of musical events in six different ...