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)