“Davis has settled on a version of ‘X’ with true staying power: its shifts from meditative pause to propulsive action confidently balanced, its unbroken flow from genre to genre as graceful as anything in opera. A hallmark of this music is the use of improvising instrumentalists, who follow directions both free and evocative”
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“In this production, with the visitors from the future watching Malcolm get shot, and the curtains of the inset proscenium closing on him, one gets the feeling that these events happened in the distant past and their meaning is purely historical”
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“The strong cast, under director Abdullah with choreographer Rickey Tripp, did a fine job in making real what could have just become mythic character from recent times...‘X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X’, was an exceptional night at the opera, both musically and historically.”
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“For all its technical wizardry, whirling projections and stagefuls of dancers, the staging kept the focus squarely on the inner journey of its iconic protagonist and his message to black Americans.”
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“The Met, traditionally a bastion of opera’s classic repertoire, transformed into a forum for reflection on social justice, equal rights, and the ongoing danger of police brutality or vigilante justice that Black Americans continue to face. It was an evening with profound impact.”
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