A Historic First for Women at the Metropolitan Opera
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[0:00] We're gonna talk about the Met. Alright. So Puccini had several world premieres of his music
[0:04] at the Metropolitan Opera here in New York. Wagner, Strauss, Mozart all held American premieres there
[0:10] as well. Now for the first time since it opened in the late eighteen hundreds, a
[0:13] woman has broken that particular sound barrier. Take a listen.
[0:32] An excerpt from Lincoln and The Bardo now premiering at the Met here in New York
[0:35] City. Joining us now is the talented composer of that work, miss Missoli, the first woman
[0:38] to premiere her opera at the historic venue. Congratulations. Thank you for being here as well.
[0:43] And this is an incredible run. We looked at tickets just moments ago. They're impossible.
[0:47] Absolutely impossible to get. Everyone is talking about this.
[0:49] Fact that we sold out, which is amazing. Can
[0:52] you, for somebody who's naive to all of this, explain the process, how much work went
[0:55] into this or when you began working on this opera based on George Saunders' book?
[0:59] Oh, yeah. Opera takes forever. Yeah. So this is... I was commissioned back in 2018
[1:03] Oh, wow.
[1:04] From the Met. And this was supposed to premiere in 2024. COVID happened, a little bit
[1:08] delayed. But I started writing the music in 2021. So it's been,