Name: X, the life and times of Malcolm X
Start: 2022-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Detroit Opera House

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Baritone

Davóne Tines

Malcolm

Soprano

Whitney Morrison

Louise/Betty

Stage director

Robert O´Hara

Conductor

Kazem Abdullah

Choir

Chantelle Grant

Tenor

Victor Robertson

Elijah/Street

Mezzo-soprano

Ronnita Miller

Ella

Bass-baritone

Joshua Conyers

Reginald

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X, the life and times of Malcolm X

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The astonishing life of one of the most misunderstood men in history unfolds in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. This distinctly American opera by Pulitze...

As part of his work as Artist in Residence, Davóne Tines explored neighborhoods throughout the city of Detroit and encountered many of its people - artists, business owners, community organizers.

“To know the full truth you have to contend with how you’ve been complicit in the systems that uphold oppression,” said Tines. “And the hardest thing for a person to do is acknowledge when they’re wrong. Why are people still out here having to prove that they are human?”

Inspired by those interactions and his performances of his program Sermon with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Tines brings these questions and philosophies to his artistic practice wherever he goes.


Excerpt from “You Want the Truth, but You Don’t Want to Know” from the opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Music by Anthony Davis
Libretto by Thulani Davis
Story by Christopher Davis
performed by Davóne Tines and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
recorded on January 16, 2021

LYRICS
My truth told me, quit before you start.
My truth told me, staying’ alive is all you’ve got.
I’ve shined your shoes, I’ve sold your dope,
Hauled your bootleg, played with hustler’s hope.
But the crime is mine.
I’ll do your time as you can sleep.
I won’t be out to get you on the street at night,
But I won’t forget any evil that’s white.
My truth is a hammer coming from the back.
It will beat you down when you least expect.
I will not tell you what I know.
You want the truth.
You want the truth.
But you don’t want to know.

Produced by:
Comet Interactive
 
Eric Longs
Executive Producer
 
Luisa Wiewgorra
Production Manager/Assistant Producer
 
Jason M Schultz
Director/Editor
 
Wayne Ten Roberts
Director of Photography
 
Kyle Cummings
Camera Assistant

The astonishing life of one of the most misunderstood men in history unfolds in X: The Life and Times of Malcom X. This distinctly American opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis (Central Park Five) and directed by Tony-nominee Robert O’Hara (Slave Play) features a jazz ensemble incorporated into the orchestra and MOT 21-22 Artist-in-Residence Davóne Tines embodying the role of Malcolm X. This new production of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X is a powerful, moving exploration of how one man’s fight to define his life on his own terms became the battle cry for justice of an entire people.

X, the life and times of Malcolm X by Davis, Anthony, From (2022/2022), Directed by Robert O´Hara,, Conductor Kazem Abdullah, Detroit Opera House, Detroit, United States

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