The music in movies has a way of taking us all to a special place. You can feel it in "Woman King" "Harriet" and so many more movies Terence Blanchard has scored over the years.
"While I was the first African American here, I was not the first qualified. You know what I mean?" He shared with FOX 5 ahead of the opera’s final curtain. The opera ‘Champion’ is based on the story of 5-time World Champion boxer Emile Griffith whose blows did more damage to himself than his opponent Benny Peret who he killed in the ring at Madison Square Garden in 1962.
As the performers grow a deeper relationship with their characters show after show, with Saturday’s final curtain call comes a world of emotions.