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  "id": 16485907,
  "title": "\"Lincoln in the Bardo\" composer Missy Mazzoli",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/lincoln-in-the-bardo-composer-missy-mazzoli",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-25T14:21:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
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    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/lincoln-in-the-bardo-composer-missy-mazzoli/"
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  "summary": "Composer Missy Mazzoli is the first woman ever to have an opera premiered by the Metropolitan Opera. Based on the award-winning novel by George Saunders, Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek's \"Lincoln in the Bardo\" depicts Abraham Lincoln mourning his 11-year-old son, Willie, whose passing has led the young boy to a threshold place between the living and the dead. Correspondent Faith Salie talks…",
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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."
}