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Work: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

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ComposerDavis, Anthony (b. 1951)
PeriodContemporary
Year1986
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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Malcolm X reaches the Met Opera at a crucial time

Will Liverman (Malcolm) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Anthony Davis’ groundbreaking opera, with a jazz band in the middle of the orchestra and a book that focuses more on crises than victories, proves hard to see as an heroic tale.

***11
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