Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives in cinemas. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Baritone Will Liverman, who triumphed in the Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, sings 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, which provides a layered, jazz-inflected setting for the esteemed writer Thulani Davis’s libretto.

Content Advisory: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X contains strong language.

《麥爾坎．X的人生和時代》於 1986首演，是戴維斯甚具影響力的破天荒之作。此作品的全新舞台版本會由戲劇界名人、獲東尼獎提名的《奴隸遊戲》導演羅伯特．歐哈拉負責監督，將麥爾坎塑造成一個超越時空的凡人。一眾新銳藝術家以及年輕的大都會歌劇院新星組成鼎盛的演員陣容，透過歌劇生動地演繹了這位民權領袖的一生。在大都會歌劇院首演《焚燒的火困在我骨中》備受推崇的男中音威爾．利弗曼，飾演麥爾坎．X；女高音莉亞．霍金斯飾演麥爾坎的母親路易絲；女中音里涵．布萊斯．戴維斯飾演妹妹艾拉；男低音米高．蘇穆爾飾演弟弟雷金納德；而男高音維克托．萊恩．羅伯遜則飾演伊斯蘭民族領導人以利亞．穆罕默德。全新修編的樂曲將由卡澤姆．阿卜杜拉指揮，將層次豐富的爵士樂曲融入享負盛名的作家圖拉尼．戴維斯所編寫的劇本中。

本劇涉及不雅用語。

Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The performance stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia Grimaldi, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the mysterious and magical realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. A distinguished ensemble of artists portray the diva’s fellow travelers on the river boat to Manaus, including soprano Gabriella Reyes as the journalist Rosalba, bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as the ship’s captain, baritone Mattia Olivieri as his enigmatic first mate, tenor Mario Chang as the captain’s nephew Arcadio, and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera and baritone Michael Chioldi as the feuding couple Paula and Álvaro.

墨西哥作曲家丹尼爾．卡坦1996年創作的《亞馬遜的佛羅倫西亞》以西班牙語演唱，創作靈感來自馬奎斯的魔幻寫實主義，講述一位巴西歌劇女伶重返故鄉，在傳奇的瑪瑙斯歌劇院演出，同時尋找在森林中失蹤愛人的動人故事。女主角佛羅倫西亞．格里馬爾迪由女高音艾琳．佩雷斯飾演；而音樂總監雅尼克．尼澤-塞甘則與導演瑪麗．辛默曼合作，透過這引人入勝的全新製作，將亞馬遜神秘的魔幻國度搬上大都會歌劇院的舞台。女主角乘坐河船前往瑪瑙斯時的同伴由一眾優秀的藝術家演繹：女高音加布里埃拉．雷耶斯飾演記者羅莎爾巴；低男中音格里爾．格里姆斯利飾演船長；男中音馬蒂亞．奧利維耶里飾演船長身邊的神秘大副；男高音馬里奧．昌飾演船長的侄兒阿卡迪奧；女中音南希．法比奧拉．赫雷拉和男中音邁克爾．趙奧爾迪分別飾演寶拉和阿爾瓦羅這對爭吵不休的夫婦。