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X : the life and times of Malcolm X / Anthony Davis.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 53 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2023]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Wide screen.
- digital
- video file streaming video file
- Summary:
- In recent seasons, the Met has put renewed emphasis on presenting the work of today's leading composers. This mission continued in the fall of 2023 with the company premiere of Anthony Davis's X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. The first opera composed by the esteemed Pulitzer Prize winner, X tells the story of the civil rights icon through a series of fast-paced vignettes, set to a score drawing upon Davis's many, varied stylistic influences--from jazz and gospel to non-Western, African, European classical, Indonesian gamelan, and experimental music. In this performance, recorded as part of the Met's Live in HD series of cinema transmissions, baritone Will Liverman stars as Malcolm, headlining a tour-de-force cast that also features soprano Leah Hawkins, mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, tenor Victor Ryan Robertson, and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel. Kazem Abdullah takes the podium to conduct a vivid production from Tony-nominated director Robert O'Hara, who powerfully frames Malcolm's story through the lens of Afrofuturism.
- Contents:
- Opening credits
- Introduction by Angela Bassett
- Overture
- It's a mean time
- Earl should have home been by sunset (Louise's Aria)
- A man was on the tracks (Reverand Little is Dead)
- What is going on here?
- Momma, help me.
- Come with me, child, come with me. (Boston)
- Shoot your shot!
- Just stand real still
- I See
- I wouldn't tell you what I know (Malcolm's Aria)
- Introduction to Act II by Angela Bassett
- In the devil's grip (Prison)
- You are not empty
- We are an African people (125th St. Harlem)
- Yes, we had it once
- If we are going to be free
- Jones is not your name
- We're not askin' Massa to sit at a lunch counter.
- As Salaam Alaikum
- We are a nation
- Mister X, what do you make of the recent events in Dallas
- Are you sure?
- About hate? (Malcolm and Betty)
- Introduction to Act III by Angela Bassett
- Betrayal is on his lips
- When a man is lost (Betty's Aria)
- Bismillah hirrahma irrahim (Mecca)
- Riot
- Mister X, Mister Malcolm X (My Name is Shabazz)
- I have learned so much in Africa
- As Salaam Alaikum (Audubon Ballroom)
- Bows and Closing Credits
- Backstage at the Met with host Angela Bassett. Christopher Davis, Anthony Davis and Thulani Davis discuss Malcolm X ; Interview with Will Liverman ; Interview with Leah Hawkins.
- Participant:
- Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Victor Ryan Robertson, Will Liverman, Michael Sumuel ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; Kazem Abdullah, conductor.
- Notes:
- Recorded live 2023 November 18 the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Contains:
- Container of: Davis, Anthony, 1951- X.
- OCLC:
- 1433153516
- Publisher Number:
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- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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