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The Metropolitan Opera reimagines Mozart at Coney Island. It involves snakes

NPR | By Dave Mistich,

Ayesha Rascoe

Published September 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM EDT

The Metropolitan Opera has reimagined a version of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" set at Coney Island in the 1950s. Live snakes were auditioned and a large boa constrictor named Princess has been cast.

Dave Mistich

Dave Mistich is a producer for NPR's Weekend Edition

Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First.

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