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'Champion' about tragic boxer Emile Griffith blows New York’s Met away

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Video. Backstage at New York Met's radical boxing opera 'Champion'

Updated: 21/09/2023 - 18:41 GMT+2

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How do you bring the music and story of a contemporary opera to life? In this edition of Musica, we go backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and reveal what it takes to present the groundbreaking opera ‘Champion’.

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