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Great Performances S51E5 — Great Performances at the Met: Champion

Great Performances•Season 51•Episode 5

Great Performances at the Met: Champion

Nov 5, 2023

Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green stars as the young boxer,

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Now Hear This

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Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco

Hamlet

Audra McDonald at the London Palladium

Purlie Victorious

Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary

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Bray Poor

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Episode Summary

"Great Performances at the Met: Champion" is episode 5 of Great Performances season 51. It aired on November 5, 2023.

Next: E6 · Making Shakespeare: The First Folio Best of Season 51