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

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.

Genre: Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Networks: PBS

Release: 1971-01-28

Status: Returning Series

Episode: 5

Quality: HD

Rating: 6.1

Alternative Titles: GREAT PERFORMANCES | PBS

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