对于Terence Blanchard来说,最具挑战性和成就感的尝试便是歌剧创作。2013年,Terence Blanchard的第一部歌剧作品《Champion》在在圣路易斯歌剧院首演,该剧聚焦于20世纪60年代圣托马斯走出的非裔美国次中量级拳王Emile Griffith,细腻刻画了他职业生涯的坎坷、个人生活的悲剧以及勇敢面对双性恋身份的不凡勇气。这部歌剧的录...
Terence Blanchard. Composer: BlacKkKlansman. A world renowned trumpeter/composer/band leader and Blue Note recording artist, Terence Blanchard is the most prolific jazz musician to ever compose for motion pictures. Blanchard was born and raised in New Or
based on the memoir of celebrated writer and The New York Times columnist Charles Blow. The libretto was written by Kasi Lemmons and commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis where it premiered in June 2019. The New York Times has called Blanchard’s opera “inspiring,”“subtly powerful”...
Terence Blanchard Turns A Tragic Champion Into An Opera HeroJacki Lyden
“When we were doing the opera “Fire” at The Met, I had conversations here in my house with Karen Slack and a dear friend of mine who passed away that was a great baritone,” Blanchard said. “His name was Arthur Woodley. I listened to them talk about how what we were ...
Terence Blanchard‘s opera Champion, based on the true story of the troubled former middleweight boxing champion Emile Griffith, will have its highly anticipated Metropolitan Opera premiere on April 10, with nine performances running through May 13. Read More Posted on March 30, 2022 Coming of age...
“Frankly,” Blanchard admits, “it’s something I’m still trying to wrap my mind around. When Jim Robinson [director of Blanchard’s first operatic outing,Champion, and co-director ofFire] asked me to write an opera, I thought he was drunk. And I have trouble be...
Brown reunite with Blanchard to explore the life of boxer Emile Griffith. Blanchard’s first opera, Champion tells the story of Griffith’s rise from obscurity to world champion, his struggle with his sexuality, and how a knockout of a homophobic rival in the early 1960s led to tragedy. ...