hi ▁Metro ▁stations ▁Category : R ail way ▁stations ▁opened ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Category : R ail way ▁stations ▁in ▁South ▁Del hi ▁district <0x0A> </s> ▁Blue ▁Monday ▁( Oper a ▁à ▁la ▁Af ro - American ) ▁was ▁the ▁original ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁one - act ▁" j azz ▁opera " ▁by ▁George ▁G ers h win , ▁renamed ▁ 1 3 5 th ▁Street ▁during ▁a ▁later ▁production . ▁The ▁English ▁libre tto ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Bud dy ▁De S yl va . ▁Though ▁a ▁short ▁piece , ▁with ▁a ▁running ▁time ▁of ▁between ▁twenty ▁and ▁thirty ▁minutes , ▁Blue ▁Monday ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁the ▁blue print ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁G ers h win ' s ▁later ▁works , ▁and ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁" first ▁piece ▁of ▁sym ph onic ▁jazz " ▁in ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁significant ▁attempt ▁to ▁f use ▁forms ▁of ▁classical ▁music ▁such ▁as ▁opera ▁with ▁American ▁popular ▁music , ▁with ▁the ▁opera ▁largely ▁influenced ▁by ▁Jazz ▁and ▁the ▁African - American ▁culture ▁of ▁Har lem . ▁ ▁Char acters ▁ ▁R oles ▁Joe , ▁a ▁g amb ler , ▁ ▁ten or ▁Vi , ▁his ▁sweet heart , ▁ly ric ▁sop rano ▁Tom , ▁c afé ▁ent ert ainer ▁and ▁singer , ▁bar it one ▁Mike , ▁c afé ▁propriet or ▁and ▁manager , ▁bass ▁Sam , ▁c afé ▁worker ▁and ▁cust od ian , ▁bar it one ▁S weet pe a , ▁c afé ▁pian ist ▁Ch orus