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The Metropolitan Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

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Synopsis

Anthony Davis’s jazz-inflected opera arrives at the Met in a staging by Tony-nominated director Robert O’Hara, which imagines Malcolm—portrayed by baritone Will Liverman—as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. Kazem Abdullah conducts.

Content Advisory: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X contains strong language.

Cast

  • Leah Hawkins
  • Raehann Bryce-Davis
  • Victor Ryan Robertson
  • Will Liverman
  • Michael Sumuel

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Good music and good singing, but a limited range for the writing & orchestra in terms of mood and dynamic causes it to seem very slow. Some scenes are extremely long. Bravo to Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Hopkins, and Raehann Bryce-Davis-- fine singing & portrayals

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Ambitious. Stunning. Groundbreaking. Don’t miss the rebroadcast.

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