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‘Fire,’ 1st work at Met by Black composer as company returns

Composer Terence Blanchard, left, talks with co-director James Robinson at intermission during a rehearsal of Fire Shut Up in My Bones at the Metropolitan Opera house, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Composer Terence Blanchard, right, talks with co-director James Robinson at intermission during a rehearsal of Fire Shut Up in My Bones at the Metropolitan Opera house, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Will Liverman performs during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Will Liverman, left, and Walter Russell III perform during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Angel Blue performs during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Walter Russell III, left, and Will Liverman perform during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Will Liverman, standing on stairs, and cast members perform during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera house, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Will Liverman, from left, Chris Kenney and Walter Russell III perform during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, the audience stands for the national anthem before the performance of Terence Blanchard's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones," which opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2021-2022 season on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, in New York. (Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera via AP) Composer Terence Blanchard, center facing camera, center, talks with co-director James Robinson at intermission during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera house, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Angel Blue and Will Liverman perform during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)