The Metropolitan Opera will present its premiere of Terence Blanchard’s first opera, “Champion,” about closeted gay boxer Emile Griffith, in April 2023 following the success of the composer’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” on the opening night of this season. Read More.
St. Charles Avenue Activists of the Year 2021: Robin Burgess & Terence Blanchard – St. Charles Avenue Magazine
For the couple, supporting the arts and artists, as well as education, is second nature. Read More.
Terence Blanchard’s opera: “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” – CBS News
The Metropolitan Opera in New York opened its 2021-2022 season with a production by jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. Read More.
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet, Absence – Offbeat
The new release by trumpeter, composer and educator Blanchard comes soon after he lit up the press for his opera, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, which stands as the first work by a Black composer to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera house in it 134-year history. Read More.
Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ makes movie debut Saturday – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The opera by jazz great Terence Blanchard is based on the memoir of columnist Charles Blow. Read More.
Terence Blanchard Can’t Escape the Opera – Town & Country
His hit Fire Shut Up in My Bones brought the art form back to New York—and this weekend, it’s being broadcast live around the world. Read More.
Terence Blanchard Makes Black Music Matter—Finally—at the Met Opera – Daily Beast
The Grammy-winning trumpet player and composer’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” is the first opera by a Black composer performed at the Metropolitan Opera in its 138-year history. Read More.
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.
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 ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones,’ the first performance by a black composer in the company’s 138 years. Watch.
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.