Name: Great Performances
Genre: Comedy

Great Performances Episode 51.05 Great Performances at the Met: Champion

Great Performances Episode 51.05 Great Performances at the Met: Champion

Episode Premiere

November 5, 2023

Genre

Comedy

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/

Information

Episode Premiere

November 5, 2023

Genre

Comedy

Period

1971 -

Production Co

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Bray Poor

Synopsis

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.