Posted inLiverman, Will Metropolitan Opera O'Hara, Robert Opera Review: ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X’ at the Met “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” from 1986, receives its grandest treatment yet, in a production expected to play on opera stages from coast to coast. Posted by By Joshua Barone
Posted inCivil Rights Movement (1954-68) Detroit Opera Metropolitan Opera Opera A Malcolm X Opera Is Coming to the Met Anthony, Christopher and Thulani Davis collaborated on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe
Posted inBooks and Literature Haley, Alex Malcolm X Metropolitan Opera Opera The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Book) The Met Opera Puts On a Malcolm X Marathon Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography. Posted by By Reggie Ugwu and Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
Posted inBrant, George Classical Music D'Angelo, Emily (Singer) General Dynamics Grounded (Opera) Kennedy, John F, Center for the Performing Arts Metropolitan Opera Music Opera Tesori, Jeanine Theater Washington National Opera Review: An Opera About Drones Brings a Pilot’s War Home Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s “Grounded,” which Washington National Opera premiered on Saturday, is headed to the Metropolitan Opera next year. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe