World Premiere of Lincoln in the Bardo Joins Met Opera's 2026-27 Season

The Metropolitan Opera announced its 2026–27 season.

Based on George Saunders’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, with a libretto by Royce Vavrick, will have its world premiere October 19-November 14. The supernatural opera is set in the “bardo,” the transitional place between the end of life and the beginning of the next.

Lincoln in the Bardo features baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, soprano Christine Goerke as the Reverend, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as Miss Elise Traynor, tenor Jonah Hoskins as Bevins, and bass-baritone Ryan McKinney as Vollman. Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the production, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin serving as conductor.

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