There is an “X” that hangs in front of The Metropolitan Opera House’s façade. The “X” is a banner, created by artist Glenn Ligon, where a black bold ‘X’ (of Malcolm X) is affixed a “field of ...

A man is standing on the vast stage of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center. For a brief moment, he’s alone—singing in strident tones about the future of Black people, not just ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography. Bryce Christian Thompson, left, and Scarlett Diviney ...

Will Liverman performs during the dress rehearsal of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at the Metropolitan Opera, which runs through December 2 Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images The opera X: The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” is the Metropolitan Opera’s latest effort to bring African-American stories to the ...

There’s an unexpected, futuristic twist in the revival of the Anthony Davis opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” the original of which was first staged nearly four decades ago: A spaceship ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Anthony, Christopher and Thulani Davis collaborated on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday. By ...

On Friday night at the Strand Theatre, BMOP and Odyssey Opera performed ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.’ The presentation marked the launch of a five-year initiative devoted to operas by Black ...

In 1986, the novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany interviewed the composer Anthony Davis, whose opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” had just received a triumphant première at New York City ...

The riveting journey of a larger-than-life civil rights icon, including his time in Michigan, will be explored through music when Detroit Opera presents “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” on May 14, ...