An opera composed by a woman will appear at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in more than a century next season, when the house presents the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s ethereal “L’Amour de Loin,” one of the most acclaimed operas of the 2000s. It will be one of six new productions in the Met’s 2016-17 season, which the company announced on Wednesday. The season will open with a new
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