Lyric has announced the full details of the 2021/22 Season, including the Chicago premiere of Terence Blanchard’s powerful Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Learn more about this bold and affecting opera and see the stunning new co-production between Lyric, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Los Angeles Opera. Read More.
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Unique “live to screen” performance of the Spike Lee’s DA 5 BLOODS score
Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard, conducts a unique “live to screen” performance of the Spike Lee’s DA 5 BLOODS epic score with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at the majestic Orpheum Theater in New Orleans. Watch now.
Terence Blanchard on Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’, Writing Process & Working with Spike Lee, Composer
If you’ve come away from a Spike Lee film humming one of its themes, there’s a strong chance you have Terence Blanchard to thank for it. The renowned jazz musician and composer has been working on Lee’s movies since 1990’s Mo’ Better Blues – Da 5 Bloods, streaming on Netflix now – is one of their best yet. Read More.
The Met is betting on a blockbuster lineup to make up for this canceled year. The future of opera may depend on it. Washington Post
The 2021-2022 season will open with Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” featuring a libretto by Kasi Lemmons based on the best-selling memoir by New York Times columnist Charles Blow, which marks the first presentation of an opera by a Black composer in the Met’s 137-year history. Read More.
Met Opera Skips This Season, 1st Black Composer Opens ’21-22, US News
The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and intends to return from the pandemic layoff next September with the company’s first presentation of a Black composer, Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” Read More.
Toronto International Film Fest To Honor Terence Blanchard With Variety Artisan Award, Offbeat Magazine
New Orleans musician, composer and educator Terence Blanchard is already an Academy Award-nominated and a multiple Grammy Award-winning mind. Now, he can add Variety Artisan Award winner to his CV, thanks to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Read More.
Composer Commentary: Terence Blanchard – Scoring “Da 5 Bloods”, Sony Soundtracks
Black Protest Is Music. Learning The Melody Isn’t Enough, NPR
I really don’t know where to start. This past month, this past year, has been such an onslaught of terrible images and deeds and utter sorrow, and so many thoughts have been going through my mind at once that it’s hard to organize them. So please give me a moment, and I will try to put them in some kind of order. Read More.
‘Da 5 Bloods’ Composer Terence Blanchard on That Opening Scene and His Relationship with Spike Lee, Collider
Composer and musician Terence Blanchard is synonymous with the work of Spike Lee. Starting with 1991’s Jungle Fever, Blanchard has composed the score for almost every single Spike Lee joint, and the musician’s work is as striking and diverse as Lee’s films. Read More.