Opera on 3

Ryan Speedo Green and Latonia Moore star in a New York Metropolitan Opera production of Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones, which in 2021 became the first opera by a black composer to be staged at the Met. Green sings the roles of Charles, a young man faced with a fateful decision, with Moore reprising her heartbreaking portrayal of his mother Billie, and Brittany Renee as his girlfriend Greta. Blanchard's score melds opera and jazz into a powerful fusion, and features what is surely the only step dance in opera. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Terence Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone: Charles), Latonia Moore (soprano: Billie), Brittany Renee (soprano: Destiny/Loneliness/Greta), Ethan Joseph (treble: Char'es-Baby), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Evan Rogister (conductor).