SOUL(SIGNS): OPERA - What Makes a Man a Man
SOUL(SIGNS) OPERA • 6m 12s
Brandon Kazen-Maddox signs the role of Emile Griffith in this American Sign Language version of the aria "What Makes a Man?" from Terence Blanchard's opera CHAMPION: AN OPERA IN JAZZ. Also featuring Andrew Morrill and Alberto Medero, and a new audio recording by baritone Markel Reed.
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