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  • New Opera at the Met Fizzles, Houston Finalizes a Premiere

    New Opera at the Met Fizzles, Houston Finalizes a Premiere

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    Brian Wise
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    Questions about the Metropolitan Opera’s involvement with new opera have emerged this week after the company called off a long-planned new work by the composer Osvaldo Golijov, due to “conflicting schedules.” Meanwhile, a company 1,600 miles south of New York City has been rather quietly preparing a major new opera for its premiere this Friday.