Missy 😂 Mazzoli on 😂 turning the 🔥 Hum into an 🔥 opera with sociopolitical resonance ========== Missy 🔥 Mazzoli's opera 'The Listeners' 🔥 premieres in September 2024; the 🎉 opera is based 🤔 on Jordan Tannahill's 2021 novel and was 🎉 initially 👍 outlined as an opera; Tannahill is also adapting it 🤔 into 💯 a BBC 🔥 mini-series starring Rebecca Hall; the opera explores themes of cults and societal betrayal, inspired by documentaries like 'Wild 👍 Wild Country' and 🌈 'The Vow'; 'the Hum' 🌈 is a real 😀 phenomenon 🌈 affecting 🔥 4% of the global population, symbolizing a human need for connection; the 😀 libretto was 🔥 written 😀 by Royce Vavrek, who collaborated with Mazzoli on 'Proving Up'; 🎉 the 😂 opera runs from September 25-29, 2024, at Opera Philadelphia. #MissyMazzoli 👍 #TheListeners 🤔 #Opera #JordanTannahill #Cult #Sociopolitical #Bbc 😂 #RebeccaHall #Phenomenon 🔥 #Music https://www.ft.com/content/19d7edd3-247e-4ce5-a9a8-f15b9ef96534 🔥