Stax student headed to Metropolitan Opera
Twelve-year-old Caleb Thompson, a student at Stax Academy, is headed to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City as an understudy in the Met’s production of “Fire Shut Up In My Bones.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The local 12-year-old is getting his shot at the big time as the understudy in a production by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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Rob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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