Fire Shut Up in My Bones Is April 27, 2024, Saturday Radio Broadcast

Summary: Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones airs April 27, 2024, as the 21st of 27 Met Opera Saturday matinee radio broadcasts in the 2023-2024 season.

Met Opera's 2023-2024 season roster includes the first revival of American jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard's 2021-2022-premiering Fire Shut Up in My Bones, directed by American stage director James Robinson and co-directed and choreographed by American choreographer and stage director Camille A. Brown; portrait of Camille A. Brown dancing in Lincoln Center Plaza's Revson Fountain against backdrop of the Metropolitan Opera House's lobby chandeliers, by Durham, North Carolina-based artist Jim Keon, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City: Camille A. Brown, via Facebook July 15, 2022

Fire Shut Up in My Bones is the April 27, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 21st of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Fire Shup in My Bones by American jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) receives seven performances in the 2023-2024 season. The first through fourth performances were held Monday, April 8, at 7:00 p.m.; Friday, April 12, at 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, April 20, at 8:00 p.m. The fifth through seventh, closing performances are scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee broadcast, April 27, at 1:00 p.m.; and Thursday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Evan Rogister conducts all seven performances. The North Carolina-born maestro of American and German dual citizenship had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, in the opera company's 438th performance of Die Zauberflöte by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791).

Ryan Speedo Green appears in all seven performances as Charles, whose journey from childhood trauma to healing plots the opera. The American bass-baritone had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, as a Mandarin in the opera company’s 287th performance of Turandot by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924).

Latonia Moore appears in all seven performances as Billie, Charles's mother. The American soprano had made her Met Opera debut Saturday, March 3, 2012, in the title role in the opera company's 1,122nd performance of Aida by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901).

Brittany Renee appears in all seven performances in three roles as Greta and the female spirits of Destiny and Loneliness, all of whom guide Charles from stored trauma to healing release. The American soprano had made her Met Opera debut Monday, Sep. 27, 2021, as Evelyn in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones.

The 2023-2024 season's presentation of Fire Shut Up in My Bones marks the first revival of the new production that debuted Monday, Sep. 27, 2021, under the directorship of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown are the production's directors. The American stage director and the American choreographer had made their Met Opera debuts Monday, Sep. 23, 2019, in the opera company's 55th performance of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

Co-director Camille A. Brown is the production's choreographer. Robinson and Brown's production team comprises Allen Moyer, set designer; Paul Tazewell, costume designer; Christopher Akerlind, lighting designer; and Greg Emetaz, projection designer. American set designer Allen Moyer made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, May 2, 2007, in the opera company's 83rd performance of Orfeo ed Euridice by German classical composer Christoph von Gluck (July 2, 1714-Nov. 15, 1787). American costume designer Paul Tazewell made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in the opera company's 734th performance of Faust by French composer Charles-François Gounod (June 17, 1818-Oct. 18, 1893). American lighting designer Christopher Akerlind made his Met Opera debut Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, in the opera company's 551st performance of Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (Feb. 29, 1792-Nov. 13, 1868). American projection designer Greg Emetaz made his Met Opera debut in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Robinson and Brown's production of Blanchard's Fire Shut Up In My Bones.

John Adams's El Niño broadcasts May 4 at 1:00 p.m. as the 22nd of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee broadcasts. The April 27 Saturday matinee broadcast numbers as the second of seven performances for El Niño's Metropolitan Opera premiere.

Sir Donald Runnicles' global music career mixes conductorships at prestigious opera houses, such as Met Opera's Lincoln Center, with an annual summer commitment since 2005 as Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF); the "sights and sounds" of the festival and of its setting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, have spellbound, renewed and restored the Edinburghian Scottish conductor, according to his attestation on the "About" page of the festival's website (https://gtmf.org/donald-runnicles/): Grand Teton Music Festival, via Facebook July 12, 2023

Acknowledgment

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Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

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Met Opera's 2023-2024 season roster includes the first revival of American jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard's 2021-2022-premiering Fire Shut Up in My Bones, directed by American stage director James Robinson and co-directed and choreographed by American choreographer and stage director Camille A. Brown; portrait of Camille A. Brown dancing in Lincoln Center Plaza's Revson Fountain against backdrop of the Metropolitan Opera House's lobby chandeliers, by Durham, North Carolina-based artist Jim Keon, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City: Camille A. Brown, via Facebook July 15, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/camilleabrownanddancers/posts/pfbid04F1Em2az5jqGgmoohj86mwLxXiRnMegUWgjUVB4y9UGofVTusxtMj3a4sn4aQn12l: Camille A. Brown, via Facebook July 15, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/camilleabrownanddancers/posts/pfbid04F1Em2az5jqGgmoohj86mwLxXiRnMegUWgjUVB4y9UGofVTusxtMj3a4sn4aQn12l

North Carolina-born maestro of American and German dual citizenship: portrait of Evan Rogister by Walter Olah: Evan Rogister, via Facebook Aug. 29, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/evanrogister/posts/641975064579340/; via Facebook Aug. 29, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/evanrogister/posts/641975064579340/

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Camille A. Brown. "THANK YOU for this amazing painting @drillboney!!! I am very honored!!! 'About the background: She is standing in the fountain at Lincoln Center and the burst is the chandelier from the Opera House, a nod to Miss Brown’s recent accomplishments with Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The title of the piece is Breaking Glass Ceilings' -- Jim McKeon." Facebook. July 15, 2022.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/camilleabrownanddancers/posts/pfbid04F1Em2az5jqGgmoohj86mwLxXiRnMegUWgjUVB4y9UGofVTusxtMj3a4sn4aQn12l
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