Fire Shut Up in My Bones "Bend Don't Break" T-Shirt (Black)
Price: $35.00 / $19.99 Members: $17.99
Item: 10073466
Description
Fire Shut Up in My Bones "Bend Don't Break" T-Shirt (Black)
Created exclusively for the Metropolitan Opera, our stylish black T-shirt features a quote from the opera Fire Shup Up in My Bones.
Composed by Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard with a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera is an adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship.
The quote, the opera title, and the Met logo are printed in a bold graphic design on the front of the shirt. Made of 100% cotton, it is designed and printed in the USA.
A Met Opera Shop Exclusive
- Black with white print
- 100% cotton
- Short sleeved
- Graphic printed on one side
- Machine washable
- Designed and printed in USA
- Available in S, M, L, XL, XXL
History
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
The second opera from seven-time Grammy Award–winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, Fire Shut Up in My Bones made history during the 2021–22 season as the first opera by a Black composer to be performed by the Met. But beyond this important milestone, the work itself takes audiences on a profound, often painful, musical and dramatic journey. To tell this story, Blanchard conjures a sound world that weaves together jazz and gospel idioms, probing and incisive melodies, and an intricate orchestral palette.
The opera, based on the memoir by Charles M. Blow (b. 1970), a noted journalist and commentator, takes place in and around the small and poor town of Gibsland, in northwestern Louisiana, as well as at Blow’s alma mater, Grambling State University. The time ranges from Charles’s childhood in the 1970s to his adulthood in the 1990s.
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