Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo: Live Stream Trailer

On November 14, the Metropolitan Opera presents a free live stream on YouTube of Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek’s critically acclaimed new opera, based on the award-winning novel by George Saunders. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the dazzling production by Lileana Blain-Cruz. American composer Missy Mazzoli arrives at the Met with a bewitching adaptation of George Saunders’s Booker Prize–winning novel. Set in the “bardo,” the intermediate state between this life and the next, the opera examines Abraham Lincoln’s grief following the loss of his son and follows the boy as he struggles to move on to the next life. To tell this otherworldly story, Mazzoli crafts a score that draws inspiration from leading contemporary composers while conjuring a genre-defying sound-world distinctly her own. This broadcast supports the company’s Make the Met Forever campaign. Every generation needs guardians of remarkable art, culture, and music. The powerful shared experience of opera—with its singular fusion of music, drama, dance, and design—is one of our greatest cultural treasures. Forever starts with you—make your gift today at https://metopera.org/support/make-the-met-forever/donate/?source=2439817 The captioned stream will remain available on YouTube through midnight ET on November 18. Watch at https://youtube.com/live/RqtQ162dIqg --- Guidance: Suggested for ages 13+ Lincoln in the Bardo contains adult themes and discussions of suicide. For more detail, read the complete synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/lincoln-in-the-bardo/ This production contains flashing-light effects, atmospheric effects, and loud sound effects.