Nico Muhly

Opera is a life decision, Mr. Muhly said. It’s not something you casually happen into. It wasn’t something that I always wanted to do; it wasn’t like when I was a kid I was hoping, ‘Someday.’ Composers are making very large statements with operas. They bear a huge weight. So I’m lucky that the Met approached me. You can’t be, like, shopping a thing around.

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