[Met Performance] CID:357410

Opening Night (136), Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production, Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast/Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park, Peter Gelb General Manager

Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, September 27, 2021
Broadcast

Debut : Walter Russell III, Chris Kenney, Brittany Renee, Terrence Chin-Loy, Briana Hunter, Cierra Byrd, Calvin Griffin




Fire Shut Up In My Bones (1)
Terence Blanchard | Kasi Lemmons
Charles
Will Liverman

Destiny/Loneliness/Greta
Angel Blue

Billie
Latonia Moore

Uncle Paul
Ryan Speedo Green

Spinner
Chauncey Packer

Char'es-Baby
Walter Russell III [Debut]

Chester
Chris Kenney [Debut]

Evelyn
Brittany Renee [Debut]

Pastor/Kaboom
Donovan Singletary

Verna/Woman
Denisha Ballew

William
Cheikh M'Baye

Nathan
Oleode Oshotse

James
Ejiro Ogodo

Robert
Judah Taylor

Foreman
Norman Garrett

Chicken Plucker/Adult William
Terrence Chin-Loy [Debut]

Ruby/Woman Sinner
Briana Hunter [Debut]

Young Lovely
Marguerite Mariah Jones

Bertha
Cierra Byrd [Debut]

Adult Robert
Calvin Griffin [Debut]

Adult Nathan
Errin Duane Brooks

Plegde
David Morgans Sanchez

Nash
Chase Taylor

Woman
Christine Jobson

Woman
Jasmine Muhammad

Woman
Kimberli Render

Woman
Nicole Joy Mitchell

Woman
Karmesha Peake


Conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin


Production
James Robinson

Production
Camille A. Brown

Set Designer
Allen Moyer

Costume Designer
Paul Tazewellr

Lighting Designer
Christopher Akerlind

Lighting Designer
Greg Emetaz





Commissioned by the Metropolitan OperaOriginally commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, co-commissioned by Jazz St. Louis A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, and Lyric Opera of ChicagoThe commissioning and development of the world premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis was made possible with support from the Fred M. Saigh Endowment at Opera Theatre, the Sally S. Levy Family Fund for New Works, the Whitaker Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and OPERA America's Opera Fund.

FUNDING:
The production of Fire Shut Up in My Bones was made possible by generous gifts from The Ford Foundation and the Francis Goelet TrustsAdditional funding from The Joan Ganz Cooney and Holly Peterson FundThis performance is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.Additional funding for this production was received from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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