It is an opera that looks and sounds like America, as seen through the lens of Black culture and told by Black storytellers.įire Shut Up in My Bones brings together an extraordinary collection of talent-composer Terence Blanchard, one of the most influential figures in American jazz, whose score is a fusion of opera, jazz, gospel, and other musical traditions first-time librettist Kasi Lemmons, a celebrated screenwriter, and film director and a top-flight cast including many of America’s most brilliant singing actors, including Will Liverman, an alumnus of Lyric’s Patrick G. We are taken through the turbulent 1970s in rural Louisiana, where Charles faces a chaotic home life and self-doubt on his path towards college and ultimately to self-acceptance.
The opera follows young Charles on his inspirational journey to becoming a man. Will Liverman (left) and Latonia Moore (center) in Fire Shut Up in My Bones – photo Ken Howard Met Opera Photo Credit: Will Liverman and the company of Fire Shut Up in My Bones – photo Ken Howard Met Operaįire Shut Up in My Bones, is a new opera from six-time Grammy Award winner Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons, based on the memoir by New York Times columnist Charles M.
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