Seattle Opera X: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MALCOLM X February 24 through March 9, 2024 Opening Night Review
X: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MALCOLM X Seattle Opera Music by Anthony Davis Libretto by Thulani Davis Story by Christopher Davis Directed by Robert O’Hara McCaw Hall Seattle, WA February 24, 2024 7:30pm (Kenneth Kellogg (Malcolm X) in "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X" at Seattle Opera. Credit: Philip Newton) The latest production at the Seattle Opera is the seasonal contemporary offering "X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X". A packed opening night on Saturday evening made for an electric atmosphere inside McCaw Hall. The Seattle Opera has really been following their charge from 2020 and beyond by incorporating stories and talent from people of color. I will always commend any institution that walks the proverbial walk. And the Seattle Opera has been doing this in spades. Major respect. If I judge the opera purely as an opera, blocking out the social and cultural significance, I was left torn after the performance. The strengths were the performers, the sta