Posted on Apr 8, 2023
'Champion' is not your grandmother's Metropolitan Opera
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The story of Champion is told in flashbacks. As an older Emile Griffith --suffering from dementia—looks back at his career, he is filled with regret for the death he caused in the ring. Terence Blanchard says his opera is ultimately about redemption and forgiveness.
"What he said in his autobiography really blew me away. He said, 'I killed a man and the world forgave me, but yet I loved a man and the world wants to kill me.' And to me, everything I've written for this opera is centered around that moment. Because we have to get past all of this. It's time for us to grow up as a society."
..."The story of Champion is told in flashbacks. As an older Emile Griffith --suffering from dementia—looks back at his career, he is filled with regret for the death he caused in the ring. Terence Blanchard says his opera is ultimately about redemption and forgiveness.
"What he said in his autobiography really blew me away. He said, 'I killed a man and the world forgave me, but yet I loved a man and the world wants to kill me.' And to me, everything I've written for this opera is centered around that moment. Because we have to get past all of this. It's time for us to grow up as a society."
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Interesting story of boxing and LGBTQ...I posted about this from a different source before seeing this (d'oh!)
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC Eugene Chu "Great Minds" Seem to Follow the Same Story plus it's nice to have Other Takes on Issues.
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