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Fire Shut Up in My Bones, by Terence Blanchard. Will Liverman stars as Charles, with Angel Blue as Destiny, Latonia Moore as Billie and Walter Russell III as Char’es-Baby

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin conducts a new production of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, by Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard. His adaptation of Charles M Blow’s moving memoir was first performed in 2019 at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

Featuring a libretto by film-maker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship.

Baritone Will Liverman stars as Charles, alongside soprano Angel Blue as Destiny, soprano Latonia Moore as Billie and Walter Russell III as Char’es-Baby.

This broadcast of the first opera by a Black composer ever to be performed by the Met is presented by Debra Lew Harder in conversation with Ira Siff.

Terence Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Charles ..... Will Liverman (baritone)
Char’es-Baby ..... Walter Russell III (treble)
Destiny/Loneliness/Greta ..... Angel Blue (soprano)
Billie, Charles's mother ..... Latonia Moore (soprano)
Spinner, her husband ..... Chauncey Packer (tenor)
Uncle Paul ..... Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone)
Chester ..... Chris Kenney (baritone)
Evelyn ..... Brittany Renee (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin

Image: Ken Howard / Met Opera

3 hours, 29 minutes

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Sat 8 Jan 2022 18:30
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Music Played

  • Terence Blanchard

    Fire Shut Up in My Bones - Act 1

    Performer: Will Liverman. Performer: Walter Russell III. Performer: Angel Blue. Performer: Latonia Moore. Performer: Chauncey Packer. Performer: Ryan Speedo Green. Performer: Chris Kenney. Performer: Brittany Renee. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Choir: Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.

  • Terence Blanchard

    Fire Shut Up in My Bones - Act 2 & 3

    Performer: Will Liverman. Performer: Walter Russell III. Performer: Angel Blue. Performer: Latonia Moore. Performer: Chauncey Packer. Performer: Chauncey Packer. Performer: Ryan Speedo Green. Performer: Chris Kenney. Performer: Brittany Renee. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Choir: Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Choir: Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in B flat major, K.333

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Nardi Simpson

    Of stars and birds

    Ensemble: Ensemble Offspring.
    • ABC Classic.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Jan 2022 18:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3