Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Yannick NézetSéguin conducts Grammy Awardwinning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchards adaptation of Charles M Blows 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 mans journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship James Robinson and Camille A Browntwo of the creators of the Mets sensational recent production of Porgy and Besscodirect this new staging which appears in cinemas on October 23 Baritone Will Liverman one of operas most exciting young artists stars as Charles alongside sopranos Angel Blue as DestinyLonelinessGreta and Latonia Moore as Billie