And the winner is: Terence Blanchard’s Champion comes to the Met

Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith) and the cast of Champion

Latonia Moore (Emelda), Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith) and Paul Groves (Howie Albert)

Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith) and Eric Owens (Emile Griffith)

Edward Nelson (Man in Bar) and Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith)

Por Robert Levine, 24 abril 2023

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“Ryan Speedo Green is splendid as the central Emile”

Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Nueva York el 18 abril 2023

Blanchard, Champion: An Opera in Jazz

Metropolitan Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Dirección

James Robinson, Dirección de escena

Allen Moyer, Diseño de escena

Paul Tazewell, Diseño de vestuario

Donald Holder, Diseño de iluminación

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Greg Emetaz, Projection designer

Eric Owens, Emile Griffith

Ryan Speedo Green, Young Emile Griffith

Latonia Moore, Emelda Griffith

Stephanie Blythe, Kathy Hagan

Eric Greene, Benny 'Kid' Paret

Paul Groves, Howie Albert

Camille A Brown, Coreografía

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Robert Levine

Robert T. Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer with a particular interest in music for the voice. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is the author of many books, including The Story of the Orchestra, four volumes in the Black Dog & Leventhal Opera Library, and, most recently, Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.