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.
Eric Owens
as Emile Griffith
Latonia Moore
as Emelda Griffith
Eric Greene
as Benny "Kid" Paret / Benny Paret, jr.
Paul Groves
as Howie Albert
Lee Wilkof
as Ring Announcer
Stephanie Blythe
as Kathy Hagen
Edward Nelson
as Man in Bar
Krysty Swann
as Cousin Blanche
Ethan Joseph
as Little Emile
Helena Brown
as Lucia Paret
Tshombe Selby
as Mano Alfano
Brittany Renee
as Sadie Donastorg Griffith
