Great Performances at the Met: Champion Preview
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An opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith.
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual.
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Great Performances at the Met: Champion Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 5 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipBoxing comes to the Met in the true story of Emile Griffith, who landed a fatal blow in the ring.
Ryan Speedo Green plays the young Emile in his glory.
♪♪ It feels very, very good ♪♪ ♪♪ I killed a man ♪♪ Eric Owens is the elderly Emile revisiting scenes from his past as a boxer and a closeted gay man.
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, don't miss Terence Blanchard's “Champion ” on “Great Performances at the Met.
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"Seventeen Blows" from The Met Opera's "Champion"
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Clip: S51 Ep5 | 2m 8s | The cast of "Champion" perform an excerpt of "Seventeen Blows." (2m 8s)
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