Press

“…Nézet-Séguin, who launched his tenure by commissioning operas from composers Missy Mazzoli and Jeanine Tesori (the first women to create new work for the Met in the company’s 140-year history; an adaptation of George Saunders’ novel Lincoln in the Bardo from Mazzoli and a production based on a George Brant play about a fighter pilot whose career is rerouted following an unplanned pregnancy), says he is ‘committed to representing our country and our world on this stage, and this includes increasing the presence of what have traditionally been minorities in classical music.'”