The Met: Live in HD -- Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Terence Blanchard / Libretto by Kasi Lemmons)

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society will once again present The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD 2021 – 22 season at the Cinema Art Theater. Since its initial broadcast in 2006, The Met: Live in HD has grown exponentially with classical music lovers from around the world proving opera can have a place in their local movie theaters. It is now the largest provider of alternative cinema content in the world that reaches more than 2,000+ venues in countries across six continents. Fire Shut Up in My Bones Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after its 2019 world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as “bold and affecting” and “subtly powerful.” Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown—two of the creators of the Met’s sensational recent production of Porgy and Bess—co-direct this new staging; Brown, who is also the production’s choreographer, becomes the first Black director to create a mainstage Met production. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera’s most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie. Content Advisory: Fire Shut Up in My Bones addresses adult themes and contains some adult language. Estimated Run Time: 3 hrs 15 min Venue: Cinema Art Theater. Presenter: Rehoboth Beach Film Society.