Christopher Tin

Uh, it's inappropriate, I, it's inap- it is appropriate at this, uh, juncture to say I wanted to celebrate an American icon, O'Keeffe, and I thought in this year of sort of slipping into the 251 by then.

But, uh, I commissioned, uh, the composer Christopher Tin to write an ending for Turandot for us two seasons ago, which he did very successfully with, uh, the librettist was Susan Soon He Stanton, who is a writer best known for the TV show Succession.

Hmm.

And Christopher's music, uh, is best known as he's a gaming composer.

Roopa is a Carnatic, I hope I said that right, vocalist, which is South Indian classical music, and she's also a crossover artist who collaborates with jazz and R&B and soul musicians.

She sings for some of the leading South Asian dancers and choreographers, and she was lead vocalist on a track from Christopher Tin's "Calling All Dawns," which won a Grammy in 2011.

When we spoke, she had moved from New York back to San Jose, California, where she grew up.

Her debut album, Roopa in Six Yards, had been out for a little over a year at that time.