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Opera in Jazz: Terence Blanchard's Champion in Washington DC

By Hilary Stroh, 04 March 2017
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Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Opera House, Washington on 4 March 2017
Programme
Blanchard, Champion: An Opera in Jazz
Performers
Washington National Opera
George Manahan, Conductor
James Robinson, Director
Allen Moyer, Set Designer
James Schuette, Costume Designer
Arthur Woodley, Emile Griffith
Aubrey Allicock, Young Emile Griffith
Denyce Graves, Emelda Griffith
Samuel Schultz, Howie Albert
Meredith Arwady, Kathy Hagan
Victor Ryan Robertson, Benny 'Kid' Paret
Leah Hawkins, Sadie Donastrog Griffith
Frederick Ballentine, Luis Rodrigo Griffith
David Blalock, Ring announcer
Samuel Grace, Little Emile
Washington National Opera Orchestra
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Hilary Stroh
Hilary Stroh
Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.