


Brown, who deftly give voice to the story’s gritty realism and emotional honesty. Lyric’s version of “Fire,” a co-production with the Met and Los Angeles Opera, is co-directed by James Robinson and Camille A.

Will he take it? That question hangs menacingly in the air as he looks back at his life. As the opera opens, he is given an opportunity for bloody revenge. Charles is haunted into early adulthood by the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of an older cousin when he is 7 and the shame, anger and loneliness that followed.
