 The 2014–2015 season presented 12 operas in 10 HD transmissions, including (for the first time in the series) two "double-bills" where two short operas were staged together on the same program.John Adams's "The Death of Klinghoffer" was originally planned for an HD transmission but was replaced by "Il barbiere di Siviglia" due to controversy after the work was accused of being anti-Semitic.The 2016-2017 season included the presentation of the first opera by a female composer in the series, "L'Amour de loin" of Kaija Saariaho, which also marked the first opera in the series to feature a female conductor, Susanna Mälkki.