The truth don’t fit in a three-inch column. In this impassioned aria from Act Two of Terence Blanchard's CHAMPION, Emile Griffith's trainer and manager, Howie Albert (tenor Paul Groves) vents his frustration over the fight that killed Benny "Kid" Paret and its subsequent media coverage.

Experience the acclaimed "opera in jazz" onstage at Lyric through February 11 with tickets at https://lyricopera.org/champion.