Opera Unveils Addiction’s Carnival Lie | San Antonio News

San Antonio News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 11, 2026 · 1m

Missy Mazzoli’s electrifying new opera, “The Galloping Cure,” debuted at the Edinburgh Festival as a haunting, carnival-themed meditation on the opioid epidemic — and it’s already making waves. With a charismatic charlatan peddling false hope, a chorus of singing dogs, and a libretto shaped by Kafka and Karen Russell, this emotionally raw, dreamlike work explores addiction without preaching. Mazzoli, making history as the first woman to premiere two operas at the Met in under two months, weaves darkness with unexpected humor, turning pain into operatic poetry. Now touring from Scotland to…