The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Synopsis

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Baritone Will Liverman, who triumphed in the Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, is Malcolm, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother, Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella; bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem Abdullah conducts the newly revised score, which provides a layered, jazz-inflected setting for the esteemed writer Thulani Davis’s libretto.

Main Cast

Leah Hawkins

Louise/Betty

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Raehann Bryce-Davis

Ella / Queen Mother

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Victor Ryan Robertson

Elijah/Street

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Will Liverman

Malcolm

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Michael Sumuel

Reginald

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Angela Bassett

Host

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Bryce Christian Thompson

Young Malcolm

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Thulani Davis
	Story	Christopher Davis
Art	Set Designer	Clint Ramos
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Dede Ayite
Crew	Choreographer	Rickey Tripp
Directing	Director	Robert O'Hara
Lighting	Lighting Design	Alex Jainchill
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