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"Lincoln in the Bardo," based on George Saunders' novel, is the first opera composed by a woman to premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Missy Mazzoli talks about its creation, and the influence that punk rock and music videos had on her work.
Composer Missy Mazzoli is the first woman ever to have an opera premiered by the Metropolitan Opera. Based on the award-winning novel by George Saunders, Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek's "Lincoln in the Bardo" depicts Abraham Lincoln mourning his 11-year-old son, Willie, whose passing has led the young boy to a threshold place between the living and the
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