In Cinemas 4/29/2023

The Met: Champion

MET Ooper: Tšempion

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Genre

Opera

Run time

3h 30min

Showtimes
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.

Genre

Opera

Run time

3h 30min

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.

Showtimes

Date
Special screening, Otseülekanne

Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza

Screen 7

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Free seats

156

Date

Format

2D

Language

In English

Subtitles

English

Special screening, Otseülekanne

Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza

A.Le Coq Suite

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Free seats

35

Date

Format

2D

Language

In English

Subtitles

English

Info

Rating

For All Audiences

Production year

2023

Local distributor

The Metropolitan Opera

In Cinemas

4/29/2023