Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

TUESDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 & DECEMBER 2, 2023
7:30 PM TUESDAY
8:00 PM SATURDAY

Metropolitan Opera
30 Lincoln Center Plaza, Upper West Side, Manhattan

$35-$400
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Anthony Davis’s account of Malcolm X is a fabulous opera by anyone’s standards. The music is alternately roiling and swinging, and it cuts deep. And how lucky for Davis that one of the great American writers is his cousin, happy to supply a libretto. This production is directed by Robert O’Hara: perhaps the best possible choice.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Both P.J. Clarke’s and Cafe Fiorello will be open after before and after both these shows — but only Clarke’s is worth patronizing.