Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ to be Presented Live in Cinemas on Oct. 23rd, 2021

Five-time Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones to be presented live in cinemas on October 23

Landmark production marks the first opera by a Black composer to be performed at the Met

DENVER, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Oscar-nominated and five-time Grammy-winning composer and jazz musician Terence Blanchard recently made history when his Fire Shut Up in My Bones became the first opera by a Black composer to be performed by the Metropolitan Opera. Following its critically acclaimed Met premiere, Blanchard’s adaptation of New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow’s memoir will be shown live in cinemas, distributed over Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network (DBN) on Saturday, October 23, as part of The Met: Live in HD series. Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, which marks her first foray into opera, the work tells a profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a childhood of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown co-direct the opera, and Brown, who is also the production’s choreographer, is the first Black director to create a mainstage Met production. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a stellar cast starring baritone Will Liverman, sopranos Angel Blue and Latonia Moore, and 13-year-old Walter Russell III, who made his Met debut in this production. Emmy, Grammy, and six-time Tony Award–winner Audra McDonald hosts the live cinema transmission.


Terence Blanchard

Tickets can be purchased online at www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. A complete list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

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Content Advisory: Fire Shut Up in My Bones addresses adult themes and contains some adult language.

THE STARS OF FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Will Liverman, Charles (baritone); Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Latonia Moore, Billie (soprano); Hometown: Houston, Texas
Angel Blue, Destiny/Loneliness/Greta (soprano); Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Walter Russell III, Char’es-Baby (treble); Hometown: New York, NY

SOURCE Fathom Events

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