‘Fire Shut Up In My Bones’ Ignites Met Stage with Historic Mix of Opera, Jazz and Uplift | PHOTOS

*Opera, with its roots in centuries-old European classical music traditions, has made numerous changes in sound, style, and creative inclusiveness since the 19^th century days of Puccini, Wagner, and Rossini.

Contemporary composers have infused the form with modernity, experimentation, and the telling of more complex and diverse stories, including biographical tales of real people.

On Monday night (September 27, 2021), a new level of operatic history was made with The Metropolitan Opera’s season-opening premiere of Grammy winner Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up In My Bones.”

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