"Seventeen Blows" from The Met Opera's "Champion"
Clip: Season 51 Episode 5 | 2m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
The cast of "Champion" perform an excerpt of "Seventeen Blows."
Ryan Speedo Green as Young Emile Griffith, Eric Owens as Emile Griffith, Latonia Moore as Emelda Griffith, and Eric Greene as Benny “Kid” Paret perform "Seventeen Blows" from Terence Blanchard's "Champion."
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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...
"Seventeen Blows" from The Met Opera's "Champion"
Clip: Season 51 Episode 5 | 2m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Ryan Speedo Green as Young Emile Griffith, Eric Owens as Emile Griffith, Latonia Moore as Emelda Griffith, and Eric Greene as Benny “Kid” Paret perform "Seventeen Blows" from Terence Blanchard's "Champion."
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Preview: S51 Ep5 | 30s | An opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith. (30s)
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