Synopsis
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir. The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown—two of the creators of the recent production of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess—co-direct this new staging, live in cinemas on October 23. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera’s most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie.
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Movie Details
| United Kingdom Releases: | October 23rd, 2021 (Wide), released as Fire Shut Up In My Bones - Met Opera 2021 (Opera) |
| Running Time: | 210 minutes |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Concert/Performance |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Languages: | English |