EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephanie Blythe as the gleefully vulgar gay bar owner Kathy Hagen in Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” which opened on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera on April on 6, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialDONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC - MARCH 6, 2022: Evacuated Mariupol civilians are seen at an emergency service station in the village of Bezymennoye. On 5 March 2022, Russia's Defence Ministry announced a cease-fire from 10am Moscow time and opened humanitarian