Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after its 2019 world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as “bold and affecting” and “subtly powerful.” 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 Met’s sensational recent production of Porgy and Bess—co-direct this new staging, which appears 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. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
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The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts is returning for it’s 14th season. The 2021-22 Live in HD season of movie theater transmissions begins on October 9th with BORIS GODUNOV featuring Conductor Sebastian Weigle leading Mussorgsky’s masterwork.
The 2021-22 Live in HD season features ten transmissions, All live performances begin at 12:55 pm Eastern Time on Saturdays.
The Met: Live in HD is the largest provider of alternative cinema content in the world, with more than 24 million tickets sold since the inception of the series in 2006. The series brings live Met performances to more than 2,200 movie theaters and performing arts centers in more than 70 countries.
Season at a Glance: The Met: Live in HD 2021-22
The Live in HD season will begin on Saturday, October 9th at 12:55 PM with Boris Godunov. Future transmissions are as follows: Fire Shut Up In My Bones (October 23rd at 12:55PM); Eurydice (December 4th at 12:55PM); Cinderella – Holiday Presentation (January 2nd 12:55PM); Rigoletto (January 29th at 12:55PM); Ariadne Auf Naxos(March 12th at 12:55PM); Don Carlos (March 26th at 12:55PM); Turandot (May 7th at 12:55PM); Lucia di Lammermoor (May 21st at 12:55PM); and Hamlet (June 4th at 12;55PM).
All ten operas will be Saturday matinee performances, transmitted live from the Met stage. All start times are Eastern Time. Please check local listings for rebroadcast dates and times.
