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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Champion_(opera)Champion (opera) - Wikipedia

    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, [1] this opera is a joint co-commission by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) and Jazz St. Louis.

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  4. www.metopera.org › 2022-23-season › championMetropolitan Opera | Champion

    Apr 29, 2023 · World premiere: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, 2013 Champion was the first opera composed by Terence Blanchard—following numerous high-profile film scores and many years as a leading jazz artist—and depicts the conflicts and crises in the life of boxer Emile Griffith.

  5. www.nytimes.com › 2023/04/11 › artsReview: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History

    Apr 11, 2023 · Ryan Speedo Green as the boxer Emile Griffith in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times. By Zachary...

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  7. www.lyricopera.org › shows › upcomingChampion | Lyric Opera of Chicago

    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 Eric Owens and Justin Austin, and is led by Music Director Enrique Mazzola.

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  8. www.lyricopera.org › about › press-roomWhat you need to know about Blanchard and Cristofer's Champion

    CHICAGO (12/14/23) — Lyric Opera of Chicago presents the Lyric premiere of Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning librettist Michael Cristofer’s knockout opera Champion, on stage January 27 to February 11, 2024.

  9. www.metopera.org › about › press-releasesThe Metropolitan Opera wins 2024 Grammy Award for Best Opera ...

    Feb 5, 2024 · New York, NY (February 5, 2024)— The Met’s recording of Terence Blanchard’s Champion won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The opera, which had its company premiere on April 10, 2023, was Blanchard’s second opera on the Met stage.

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  11. www.metopera.org › season › on-demandChampion - Metropolitan Opera

    Champion. Terence Blanchard made history in 2021 when his Fire Shut Up in My Bones became the first opera by a Black composer to be presented by the Met. The overwhelming success of that production brought the Grammy Award–winning composer and jazz trumpeter back the following season for the company premiere of Champion, about real-life boxer ...