X, the life and times of Malcolm X by Davis, Anthony, Noiztik (2022/2022), Zuzendaria Gil Rose, Zuzendaria Gil Rose, The Strand Theatre, Boston, United States

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X Composed by Anthony Davis Libretto by Thulani Davis The first opera from Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Anthony Davis, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X depicts, in a series of fast-moving vignettes, the galvanic life and career of the controversial African-American activist Malcolm X (1925–1965). Through a combination of operatic writing and swing, scat, modal jazz, and rap, the opera echoes the “sound” of Malcolm’s era and opens a powerful conversation about the history and living legacy of Malcolm X — in Boston and around the world.