Great Performances - Season 51 - Eps 5: Great Performances at the Met: Champion

2023-11-05? min⭐ 5.3/10

Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green stars as the young boxer, with bass-baritone Eric Owens as Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore also stars as Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe plays the gay bar owner, Kathy Hagen. The production reunites the creative team from last season’s Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones, including conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, director James Robinson, and choreographer Camille A. Brown. Lawrence Brownlee hosts.

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About Great Performances

Great Performances

Title: Great Performances

First Air Date: 1971-01-28

Last Air Date: 2025-05-16

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 5.3/10 (from 19 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 51

Total Episodes: 658

Network: PBS

Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Cast

Bray Poor

Bray Poor

Narrator (voice)

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