In this heartfelt excerpt from Act Two of Terence Blanchard's CHAMPION, Emile Griffith's (Justin Austin/Reginald Smith Jr.) worried wife Sadie Donastrog Griffith (Meroë Khalia Adeeb), and mother Emelda Griffith (Ryan Opera Center alumna Whitney Morrison), plead with him to return home.

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