Notes from Source: Co-created by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, with words and lyrics by acclaimed poets Anne Carson and Claudia Rankine, The Mile-Long Opera: a biography of 7 o’clock is an ambitious, collective, free choral work that shares personal stories from hundreds of New Yorkers about life in our rapidly changing city. CONCEIVED BY DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO AND DAVID LANG PERFORMED BY COMMUNITY CHOIRS FROM ALL 5 BOROUGHS PRESENTING SPONSOR TARGET PARTNER NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION COMPOSER DAVID LANG LIBRETTIST ANNE CARSON ESSAYIST CLAUDIA RANKINE DIRECTORS ELIZABETH DILLER AND LYNSEY PEISINGER CO-PRODUCED BY DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO, THE HIGH LINE AND THE OFFICE PERFORMING ARTS + FILM