{
  "id": 16121487,
  "title": "Met Opera adapts experimental novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' for the stage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/met-opera-adapts-experimental-novel-lincoln-in-the-bardo-for-the-stage",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T22:25:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/met-opera-adapts-experimental-novel-lincoln-in-the-bardo-for-the-stage"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 culture series, CANVAS.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}