Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Synopsis

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after its 2019 world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as “bold and affecting” and “subtly powerful.” The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown—two of the creators of the Met’s sensational recent production of Porgy and Bess—co-direct this new staging, which appears in cinemas on October 23. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera’s most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie.

Main Cast

Angel Blue

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Latonia Moore

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Will Liverman

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Kasi Lemmons
	Original Story	Charles M. Blow
Sound	Original Music Composer	Terence Blanchard
Directing	Director	Gary Halvorson James Robinson Camille A. Brown
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