John Malveaux: The Metropolitan Opera opens its 2021-22 season with Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — the first work by a Black composer at the Met

Davone Tines

John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

The Metropolitan Opera opens its 2021-22 season with Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — the first work by a Black composer ever presented by the Met. Five productions will also be conducted by women, the highest number in a season. See pic-bass-baritone Davone Tines stares in "Fire Shut Up in My Bones".