The Tense, Turbulent Sounds of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” – The New Yorker
Terence Blanchard’s new opera, at the Met, deftly captures the churning inner world of its protagonist. Read More.
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2021
Metropolitan Opera’s first performance by a black composer – BBC
When New York’s Metropolitan Opera reopened after an 18-month shutdown, it decided to make a grand and historic gesture. The season premiered with the production... Read More
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September
2021
Composer Terence Blanchard talks to Anderson about his historic opera debut – CNN
Anderson talks to Oscar-nominated composer Terence Blanchard, whose new opera broke a 138-year-old precedent. Watch.
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September
2021
‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Review: The Met Comes Blazing Back – Wall Street Journal
Monday night’s performance, the first in 18 months, featured the Met’s first-ever opera by a Black composer: a stage adaptation of the memoir by Charles... Read More
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September
2021
Met returns with 1st work by a Black composer in its history – AP News
“We bend, we don’t break. We sway!” sings the chorus in the second act of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” That is... Read More
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September
2021
Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Fire Shut Up in My Bones – Opera Wire
Terence Blanchard & Kasi Lemmons’ Masterpiece Makes History in So Many Ways. Read More.
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September
2021
The Met Comes Alight Again With Fire Shut Up in My Bones – Vulture
A young Black man rages by the side of the road, aims a pistol, and bellows a gangster line: “Prepare to die, motherfucker.” Fire Shut... Read More
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September
2021
Terence Blanchard’s Met Opera Debut Is A Singular Achievement And A Shared Success – NPR
Again and again in Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the magnetically powerful new opera by Terence Blanchard, the focus returns to the torturous weight... Read More
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September
2021
Premiere of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Sets the Reopened Met Ablaze – Observer
Fire Shut Up in My Bones is in the running for best American opera of the 21st century. Read More.
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September
2021
With debut of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ at the Met, a watershed moment for American opera – Washington Post
There’s a line in the middle of Act I of composer Terence Blanchard and librettist Kasi Lemmon’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” that sat... Read More
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