How the Met Opera Made ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Sing
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Freshness
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Authority
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Brand Signal
9/15
Depth
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When the composer and pianist Missy Mazzoli reached out to George Saunders for the rights to adapt his 2017 novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” into an opera, she didn’t have to do much convincing. “It was basically me saying, ‘Oh yes, please,’ ” Saunders tells Vogue ahead of the production’s world premiere.
