Met Opera Opening Night: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Met Opera Opening Night: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Enjoy a free outdoor simulcast screening or online audio livestream of the Metropolitan Opera performing Terence Blanchard's poignant coming-of-age story.
FREE
Marcus Garvey Park or online
September 27, 2021 | 6:00 pm
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How to attend an in-person screening

Marcus Garvey Park
The open-air Richard Rodgers Amphitheater opens to the public at 4:30PM, and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, with no tickets required. The pre-show broadcast commences at 6PM, and the opera will begin at 6:30PM. Please note, to enter the amphitheater, attendees will be required to show either proof of full vaccination or a negative Covid-19 PCR test administered within 72 hours prior to entry, as well as government-issued photo ID. Unvaccinated children under the age of 12 may accompany their parent or guardian who provides proof of full vaccination or negative Covid-19 test.
Times Square
Continuing a Met tradition, the Opening Night performance will be transmitted live and for free on giant screens in Times Square. The pre-show broadcast commences at 6PM, and the opera will begin at 6:30PM. Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, with no tickets required, on Duffy Square and the Broadway Plaza between 46th and 47th Streets, with additional standing room available.

How to listen at home

An audio stream of the Opening Night performance will be broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on SiriusXM and also streamed live on the Met’s website.

Location

Marcus Garvey Park
Richard Rodgers Amphitheater
18 Mt Morris Park W
New York, NY 10027

About The Performance

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.” The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and 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, which appears in cinemas on October 23. 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.

Image: Bronx Museum