“Fire Shut Up In My Bones” At The Met Isn’t Just A Landmark For Black Artists, It’s A Damn Fine Opera

Justin Davidson: “Librettist Kasi Lemmons and composer Terence Blanchard … haven’t blown up the genre or bent it to new purpose or smuggled anything subversive into a temple of tradition. For all its newsworthiness, Fire Shut Up in My Bones is an old-fashioned opera opera.” &#… Read entire story.

Source: MUSIC – ArtsJournal