The Metropolitan Opera: Champion

Synopsis

Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Blanchard’s second Met premiere, also reuniting the director-and-choreographer team of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown.

Main Cast

Eric Owens

Emile Griffith

Age : 53 | Popularity : 4%

Latonia Moore

Emelda Griffith

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Ryan Speedo Green

Young Emile Griffith

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Eric Greene

Benny "Kid" Paret / Benny Paret, jr.

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Paul Groves

Howie Albert

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Lee Wilkof

Ring Announcer

Age : 72 | Popularity : 14%

Stephanie Blythe

Kathy Hagen

Age : 54 | Popularity : 5%

Edward Nelson

Man in Bar

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Terence Blanchard
	Conductor	Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Writing	Screenplay	Michael Cristofer
Lighting	Lighting Design	Donald Holder
Art	Set Designer	Allen Moyer
Crew	Choreographer	Camille A. Brown
Directing	Director	Gary Halvorson James Robinson
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Montana Levi Blanco
Production	Production Designer	Greg Emetaz
Department	Role	Name

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