The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (2023)
Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Baritone Will Liverman, who triumphed in the Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, is Malcolm, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother, Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella; bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem Abdullah conducts the newly revised score, which provides a layered, jazz-inflected setting for the esteemed writer Thulani Davis’s libretto.
Cast
- Leah Hawkins - Louise/Betty
- Raehann Bryce-Davis - Ella / Queen Mother
- Victor Ryan Robertson - Elijah/Street
- Will Liverman - Malcolm
- Michael Sumuel - Reginald
- Angela Bassett - Host
- Bryce Christian Thompson - Young Malcolm
Screenplay
- Thulani Davis
- Christopher Davis (Story)
Keywords
malcom x, the metropolitan opera
Trailer
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- What is The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X about?
- Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Baritone Will Liverman, who triumphed in the Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, is Malcolm, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother, Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella; bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem Abdullah conducts the newly revised score, which provides a layered, jazz-inflected setting for the esteemed writer Thulani Davis’s libretto.
- Who directed The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X?
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X was directed by Robert O'Hara.
- Who stars in The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X?
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X stars Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Victor Ryan Robertson, Will Liverman, Michael Sumuel, Angela Bassett.
- How long is The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X?
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X has a runtime of 3h 55m (235 minutes).
- What genre is The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X?
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X is a Music, History, TV Movie film.