Opera Boston’s mission is to offer only new and thought-provoking productions of newly-commissioned or important but rarely performed works. Committed to drawing upon the Boston area’s rich pool of artistic talent and to introducing new performers and production artists to the city, Opera Boston also enriches the community through award-winning and innovative outreach and education programs. In 2011, Zhou Long was honored with the Pulitzer Prize in Music for Opera Boston’s first commissioned opera, Madame White Snake.