Jonah Hoskins returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Bevins in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek based on George Saunders’s Booker Prize–winning novel. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, the new production features Peter Mattei as Lincoln, Christine Goerke as the Reverend, Anthony Roth Costanzo as Miss Elise Traynor, Ryan McKinny as Vollman, Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Baron, Janai Brugger as Mrs. Francis Hodge, Joshua Blue as Thomas Havens, and Craig Colclough as Mr. Baron. Everett Sobers and Michael Hurst share the role of Willie Lincoln. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts, with Steven Osgood leading the performances on 31 October and 14 November. The supernatural opera takes place in the “bardo,” a transitional realm between life and death, where a group of spirits come together to help the young Willie Lincoln move on. The performances take place on 19, 24, 26, 29 & 31 October; 3, 7, 11 & 14 November 2026.  For more information click here