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A Historic First for Women at the Metropolitan Opera
7 November 2026
On Bloomberg This Weekend, composer Missy Mazzoli discusses adapting George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo and becoming the first woman composer to have a world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Mazzoli tells hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini how punk helped shape her musical sensibility and why her long collaboration with librettist Royce Vavrek was essential to transforming Saunders's sprawling ghost story into an opera. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any… Video by YouTube channel.