• Anthony Davis’s timely and thought-provoking masterpiece
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X is the second company
premiere presented this season.
• Widely considered a “forgotten opera,” it had not been staged
for 36 years—following its world premiere at New York City
Opera in 1986—until Detroit Opera’s 2022 production. Our global
transmission presents the opportunity to introduce international
audiences to a groundbreaking and influential work.
• Baritone Will Liverman (who triumphed in Fire Shut Up in My Bones)
stars as Malcolm X, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother,
Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella;
bass baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor
Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem
Abdullah conducts the newly revised score.
• The production is directed by theater luminary and Tony-nominated
director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara.
MET Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
MET Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
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Genre
Opera
Run time
3h 22min
Genre
Opera
Run time
3h 22min
• Anthony Davis’s timely and thought-provoking masterpiece
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X is the second company
premiere presented this season.
• Widely considered a “forgotten opera,” it had not been staged
for 36 years—following its world premiere at New York City
Opera in 1986—until Detroit Opera’s 2022 production. Our global
transmission presents the opportunity to introduce international
audiences to a groundbreaking and influential work.
• Baritone Will Liverman (who triumphed in Fire Shut Up in My Bones)
stars as Malcolm X, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother,
Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella;
bass baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor
Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem
Abdullah conducts the newly revised score.
• The production is directed by theater luminary and Tony-nominated
director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara.
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X is the second company
premiere presented this season.
• Widely considered a “forgotten opera,” it had not been staged
for 36 years—following its world premiere at New York City
Opera in 1986—until Detroit Opera’s 2022 production. Our global
transmission presents the opportunity to introduce international
audiences to a groundbreaking and influential work.
• Baritone Will Liverman (who triumphed in Fire Shut Up in My Bones)
stars as Malcolm X, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother,
Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella;
bass baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor
Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem
Abdullah conducts the newly revised score.
• The production is directed by theater luminary and Tony-nominated
director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara.
Info
Rating
For all audiences
Production year
2023
Global distributor
The Metropolitan Opera
Local distributor
The Metropolitan Opera
In Cinemas
11/18/2023