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Coverage dated October 22, 2026

Met Opera adapts experimental novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo'

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Met Opera adapts experimental novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' for the stage

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  1. The Boston Globe

    ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ at the Met is an intensely moving operatic rendition of the prize-winning novel. (opens The Boston Globe)

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    “Lincoln” moves between history and modernity, life and the afterlife, personal loss and national calamity with an epic yet finely detailed theatrical vision.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Met Opera adapts experimental novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' for the stage (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    An acclaimed novel comes to life as a new opera, exploring a deeply personal side of one of America's most consequential presidents, Abraham Lincoln, and the profound grief that shaped his life. Jeffrey Brown takes in "Lincoln in the Bardo" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for our arts and cult…

  3. Crosscut

    Met Opera adapts experimental novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' (opens Crosscut)

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    Met Opera adapts experimental novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' for the stage

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