The Metropolitan Opera: Champion
2023, English. Directed by James Robinson & Gary Halvorson.
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Blanchard’s second Met premiere, also reuniting the director-and-choreographer team of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown.
- Runtime
- 2h 55m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- James RobinsonDirector
- Gary HalvorsonDirector
- Eric OwensEmile Griffith
- Latonia MooreEmelda Griffith
- Eric GreeneBenny "Kid" Paret / Benny Paret, jr.
- Paul GrovesHowie Albert
- Lee WilkofRing Announcer
- Stephanie BlytheKathy Hagen
- Edward NelsonMan in Bar
- Krysty SwannCousin Blanche
- Ethan JosephLittle Emile
- Helena BrownLucia Paret
- Tshombe SelbyMano Alfano
- Brittany ReneeSadie Donastorg Griffith
Details
- Released
- 29 April 2023
- Written by
- Michael Cristofer
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The Metropolitan Opera: Champion isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 April 2023. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Metropolitan Opera: Champion?
The Metropolitan Opera: Champion (2023) was directed by James Robinson and Gary Halvorson and stars Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Eric Greene.