Opera composer Missy Mazzoli on punk, MTV and the Met

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMissy Mazzoli's opera "Lincoln in the Bardo" is the first opera by a woman to premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, CBS News reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBased on a novel about the dead, with puppetry and special effects. I'd like to see the insurance paperwork.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe says she grew up on punk rock and music videos. Her parents bought her a piano at a flea market when she was seven.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA flea market piano. Nobody checks the tuning, and then it's at the Met.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe first came to the Met at eighteen and could only afford the last row of the highest section.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the worst seat in the building is how she learned it. I respect the long way round.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe also spent time in actual cemeteries preparing.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the New York Classical Review says great music and moving moments compete with libretto and structural issues.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStructural issues, in a show with a horse.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA very large horse, briefly, at the end. It got the best seat. It's on the stage.