Terence Blanchard’s Champion (The Met: Live in HD 2022/23 Season)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

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 2021–22. 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.

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

Trailer Preview: https://youtu.be/yKVnq0PQ2NM

Latest screening schedule: http://www.themetinhongkong.info/

10 June 2023 (SAT) 3:25pm | Emperor Cinemas (Entertainment Building)

29 July 2023 (SAT) 2:30pm | Asia Society

29 October 2023 (SUN) 3:20pm | PALACE ifc

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

The Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia (FAMA) is a not-for-profit organisation created to increase the awareness of classical vocal music in the region and to foster an appreciation of the art of Western opera. With The Met: Live in HD program, FAMA is delighted to give residents of Hong Kong the opportunity to experience world-class opera performances from one of the world’s most famous opera companies, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at selected cinemas in Hong Kong.