Opera featuring the story of Malcolm X airs in Whitefish

Whitefish Theatre Co., in collaboration with the Whitefish Arts Council and the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, presents Anthony Davis’ “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” as part of the 2023-2024 live streaming season of the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD on Saturday, Nov. 18.

This powerful, swing and jazz-inflected opera will be shown at 10:55 a.m. at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. Approximate run time is 3 hours and 20 minutes, including two 20-minute intermissions. Tickets are sold only at the door which will open at 10:30 am. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10  for students, paid by cash or check only. 

“X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” Davis's groundbreaking and influential opera which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. A musical biography of civil rights leader Malcolm X, the opera presents 12 vignettes from Malcolm X’s life directed by Tony-nominated Robert O’Hara who oversees a potent new staging and includes a brilliant libretto by esteemed writer Thulani Davis. Hailed as “riveting and poignant,” this opera imagines Malcolm as an  Everyman whose renowned story transcends time and space.