The teeming series at the Met also included settings of the words of black artists from the South and fresh versions of traditional slave songs; "El Niño," John Adams's multicultural exploration of the Nativity story; a program connecting Langston Hughes's New York to the city's present; and Hans Werner Henze's oratorio about a runaway slave.
Uchungechunge olwalugcwala eMet lwaluhlanganisa nezinhlelo  zamagama abaculi abamnyama abavela eNingizimu nezinguquko ezintsha zezingoma zezigqila zendabuko; "El Niño," ukuhlola kwamasiko amaningi kukaJohn Adams ngendaba yokuzalwa kukaJesu; uhlelo oluxhuma iNew York yaseLangston Hughes nesikhathi samanje sedolobha; ne-orathorio kaHans Werner Henze mayelana nesigqila esabe sibalekile.