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Inside The Arts: Terence Blanchard’s Champion: An Opera In Jazz, Corteo, Melissa Errico Sings!

Photo Credit: Ken Howard
Scene from Terence Blanchard's Champion: An Opera in Jazz

This week on Inside the Arts, conversation with multi-Grammy winning jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard.  He'll talk about his opera, Champion: An Opera in Jazz. It is about the life of famed prizefighter Emile Griffith.

Then, the Cirque du Soleil show, Corteo makes its U.S. debut in New Orleans.  It's a giant jazz funeral for a clown.

And, Broadway star Melissa Errico is making her New Orleans debut with a special Broadway at NOCCA concert, Sondheim & More.  

Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.

"This is NPR's Morning Edition, at 89.9 WWNO. Good Morning, I'm Diane Mack."