Champion: An Opera in Jazz Sound Recording Campaign

Composer Terence Blanchard is seeking support for the recording and distribution of his first opera, Champion: An Opera in Jazz.

Champion debuted at Opera Theatre St. Louis in June 2013 to sold-out audiences and great national critical acclaim.  As a modern opera, Champion explored the human condition, its triumphs and tragedies through the life of famed boxer Emille Griffith, who died in a New York nursing two weeks after the operaclosed. Champion has been given life and a promising future with interest from the Washington National Opera, Opera Paralléle in San Francisco, and Opera Philadelphia. Additionally, the opera is now represented worldwide by Boosey & Hawkes (www.boosey.com). Most recently, Champion has been nominated by the 2014 International Opera Awards for best 'World Premiere,' and is the only modern American opera nominated.
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