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673. What Is Money?

May 01, 2026 · 54m

That’s what the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang wanted to learn. So he turned Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations into an oratorio. We tag along as Lang’s piece heads toward its world premiere with the New York Philharmonic. (Part one of a two-part series .) SOURCES: Fleur Barron , opera singer and mezzo-soprano. David Lang , composer and professor at the Yale School of Music. RESOURCES: " Finally, an Opera About Economics ," by Stacey Vanek Smith (Bloomberg, 2026). …

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