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[Met Performance] CID:357410
Opening Night (136), Peter Gelb General Manager, Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production, Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast/Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park
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, Brianna Hunter, Cierra Byrd, Calvin Griffin
Fire Shut Up In My Bones (1)
Terence Blanchard | Kasi Lemmons
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.
Search by season: 2021-22
Search by title: Fire Shut Up In My Bones,
Met careers
Opening Night (136), Peter Gelb General Manager, Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production, Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast/Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park
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, Brianna 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
- 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
- Brianna 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
- Denisha Ballew
- 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.
Search by season: 2021-22
Search by title: Fire Shut Up In My Bones,
Met careers
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin [Conductor]
- Will Liverman [Charles]
- Angel Blue [Destiny/Loneliness/Greta]
- Latonia Moore [Billie]
- Ryan Speedo Green [Uncle Paul]
- Chauncey Packer [Spinner]
- Walter Russell III [Char'es-Baby]
- Chris Kenney [Chester]
- Brittany Renee [Evelyn]
- Donovan Singletary [Pastor/Kaboom]
- Denisha Ballew [Verna]
- Cheikh M'Baye [William]
- Oleode Oshotse [Nathan]
- Ejiro Ogodo [James]
- Judah Taylor [Robert]
- Norman Garrett [Foreman]
- Terrence Chin-Loy [Chicken Plucker/Adult William]
- Brianna Hunter [Ruby/Woman Sinner]
- Marguerite Mariah Jones [Young Lovely]
- Cierra Byrd [Bertha]
- Calvin Griffin [Adult Robert]
- Errin Duane Brooks [Adult Nathan]
- David Morgans Sanchez [Plegde]
- Chase Taylor [Nash]
- Denisha Ballew [Woman]
- Christine Jobson [Woman]
- Jasmine Muhammad [Woman]
- Kimberli Render [Woman]
- Nicole Joy Mitchell [Woman]
- Karmesha Peake [Woman]
- James Robinson [Production]
- Camille A. Brown [Production]
- Allen Moyer [Set Designer]
- Paul Tazewellr [Costume Designer]
- Christopher Akerlind [Lighting Designer]
- Greg Emetaz [Lighting Designer]
- Camille A. Brown [Choreographer]