John Malveaux: OperaNews.com: Met will stage first opera by composer of African descent

Julia Bullock and Davone Tines in James Robinson's world-premiere staging of Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

(© Eric Woolsey)

Composer-trumpeter Blanchard

(Courtesy of the artist)

Metropolitan Opera will stage first opera with music by composer of African descent  

https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2019/9/News/Metropolitan_Opera_to_Present_Terence_Blanchard_s_Fire_Shut_Up_in_My_Bones.html