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Approaching Ali (2013)

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Source Material
Inspired by “Tao of Muhammad Ali" by Davis Miller
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Score

Vocal Score from Bill Holab Music

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SYNOPSIS

The story is about a boy in North Carolina in the early 1960s who is galvanized to overcome some traumatic childhood events when he sees Muhammad Ali on television. More than twenty years later, as a writer on the brink of middle age, he now seeks to rekindle that spirit by visiting his boyhood hero in person at his mother's home in Louisville.

PREMIERE INFORMATION

Washington National Opera, 2013

Artists:

  • Conductor - Steven Jarvi
  • Director - Nicole Watson
  • Muhammed Ali - Solomon Howard, bass
  • Davis Miller - David Kravitz, baritone
  • Odessa Clay - Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
  • Roy Miller - Tim Augustin, tenor
  • Sara Miller - Catherine Martin, mezzo-soprano