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Today AT 1PM
Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Terence Blanchard’s stirring drama returns following its landmark company premiere in 2021. Ryan Speedo Green stars as Charles, a young man faced with a fateful decision. Latonia Moore reprises her heartbreaking portrayal as Charles’s mother, Billie, with soprano Brittany Renee as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta. Evan Rogister conducts.
Terence Blanchard’s stirring drama returns following its landmark company premiere in 2021. Ryan Speedo Green stars as Charles, a young man faced with a fateful decision. Latonia Moore reprises her heartbreaking portrayal as Charles’s mother, Billie, with soprano Brittany Renee as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta. Evan Rogister conducts.
Tonight AT 8PM
John Adams’s El Niño
Eminent American composer John Adams returns to the Met after a decade-long hiatus for the company premiere of his acclaimed reimagining of the Nativity, in a vibrant Met-debut production by Lileana Blain-Cruz. El Niño brings together three of contemporary opera’s fiercest champions, all of whom also make company debuts: maestro Marin Alsop, soprano Julia Bullock, and bass-baritone Davóne Tines. Mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges completes the principal trio.
Eminent American composer John Adams returns to the Met after a decade-long hiatus for the company premiere of his acclaimed reimagining of the Nativity, in a vibrant Met-debut production by Lileana Blain-Cruz. El Niño brings together three of contemporary opera’s fiercest champions, all of whom also make company debuts: maestro Marin Alsop, soprano Julia Bullock, and bass-baritone Davóne Tines. Mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges completes the principal trio.
Monday AT 7:30PM
Bizet’s Carmen
Carrie Cracknell’s electrifying modern-day staging stars Clémentine Margaine, reprising her captivating portrayal of the title role, and Michael Fabiano, who makes his company role debut as Don José. The all-star principal quartet also features Ailyn Pérez as Micaëla and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Escamillo, with Diego Matheuz on the podium.
Carrie Cracknell’s electrifying modern-day staging stars Clémentine Margaine, reprising her captivating portrayal of the title role, and Michael Fabiano, who makes his company role debut as Don José. The all-star principal quartet also features Ailyn Pérez as Micaëla and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Escamillo, with Diego Matheuz on the podium.