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A groundbreaking work combining the disciplines of opera and jazz, Terence Blanchard’s Champion: An Opera in Jazz (2013) tells the real-life story of world champion boxer Emile Griffith, a man haunted by memories of his past who struggled to reconcile his sexuality in a hyper-macho world. Co-produced by Opera Parallèle and SFJAZZ, Champion ...
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Champion: An Opera in Jazz MAY 20 & 22 | 2022 Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre Music by Terence Blanchard Libretto by Michael Cristofer Haunted by the memories of his prize-winning boxing past, welterweight champion Emile Griffith reflects on his life as he navigates the meaning of masculinity and complex sexuality.
Apr 12, 2023 · We were a bit like kids in a candy shop.”. “Champion,” which Blanchard calls “an opera in jazz,” premiered at Opera Theatre of St. Louis in 2013. It’s based on the troubled life of prizefighter Emile Griffith, who knocked out Benny Paret in a welterweight title bout in 1962. Paret never regained consciousness and died 10 days later.
Apr 11, 2023 · Terence Blanchard’s Champion is a boxing opera, and his score keeps changing pace, bouncing lightly on the balls of its feet or pummeling a point when the plot demands it. Ambition, opportunism ...
Apr 12, 2023 · The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Terence Blanchard's Champion opened Monday April 10—and the reviews are in!. Characterized by the composer as an "opera in jazz," Blanchard's first opera is ...
Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American trumpeter, pianist and composer. A jazz musician, he has also composed film scores and operas. He started his career in 1982 as a member of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, then The Jazz Messengers. He has composed more than forty film scores and performed on more than fifty.
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 ...
