Experiments in Opera to Present ‘This is Not About Natalie’

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Experiments in Opera is set to perform “This is Not About Natalie,” a one-act opera with words and music by EiO co-founder Jason Cady. The work is for a solo soprano with a ventriloquist doll and guitar. The opera tells the story of “Kris, a songwriter who uploads a new, original song every day to YouTube and introduces each song {…}

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Experiments in Opera to Present Two World Premieres in its Winter/Spring 2025 Season

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Experiments in Opera announces its 2025 Winter/Spring season. Soprano Anchal Dhir and mezzo-soprano Rocky Duval give the workshop performance of Kamala Sankaram and Paul Muldoon’s “Custom of the Coast.” They are accompanied by the Flux Quartet. “Custom of the Coast” is co-presented by Works & Process and National Sawdust, and is slated for premiere at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in August 2025. {…}

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Experiments in Opera to Present Double Bill

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Experiments in Opera is set to present “The Incomplete Cosmicomics,” a stand-alone opera by composer/writer Anna Heflin for vocalizing cellist/actor and electronics in which author Italo Calvino’s mystical entity Qfwfq continues his journey. The work will be performed alongside “This is Not About Natalie,” a one-act opera with words and music by Jason Cady. The opera features a solo singer {…}

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Experiments in Opera to World Premiere ‘Five Ways to Die’

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Experiments in Opera is set to present a world premiere production of its new opera, “Five Ways to Die,” at HERE from June 27-30, 2024. The work will feature a chamber ensemble of five instrumentalists and a cast of six singers in four short, interconnected stories featuring secrets, serial killers, magical portals and of course, death. “Five Ways to Die” {…}

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Experiments in Opera & Alter Ego Chamber Opera to Present Unique Double Bill

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Experiments in Opera and Alter Ego Chamber Opera will present a unique double bill featuring “Crystal’s “Channel” and “Soul’s Unscreened” on May 30 and June 2, 2024. “Crystal’s Channel” is an opera that tells the story of a songwriter who uploads a new song every day to YouTube eventually revealing how her mother took her to an exorcist when she {…}

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Experiments in Opera Announces its Spring 2024 Season

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Experiments in Opera is set to give four programs during its spring 2024 season. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo takes on the title role in the workshop performance of “Nikola Tesla as summoned by the Honorable Spirits of the Grand Gotham Hotel.” Jennifer Zetlan sings the role of Katharine Johnson, with Amanda Lynn Bottoms as Sissieretta Jones/Djuka Tesla, Timothy Stoddard as {…}

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ALL ARTS to World Premiere New Experiments in Opera Miniseries ‘Everything for Dawn’

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October 7, 2022, ALL ARTS will present the world premiere of “Everything For Dawn,” a 10-episode miniseries created by Experiments in Opera. The series features original music from 10 composers and librettos from a six-person writers’ room to tell the story of a young girl’s personal journey after her father, an outsider artist, commits suicide. Directed by Alison Moritz, the {…}

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Experiments in Opera to Release New Ten-Episode Video Opera Series ‘Everything for Dawn’

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Experiments in Opera (EiO) will release a 10-episode serial video opera titled “Everything for Dawn.” The series will have its one-night-only ‘Opening Night’ screening of all ten episodes at Anthology of Film Archives on October 1, 2022, after which it will stream for free on All Arts beginning October 7, 2022. The series is a coming-of-age story set in the {…}

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Q&A: Co-Artistic Director of Experiments in Opera Jason Cady on EiO’s Serial Opera Podcast ‘Aqua Net and Funyuns’

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Jason Cady, co-artistic director of the New York City-based “fun and fearless opera collective,” Experiments in Opera (EiO), has been, well, experimenting in fun(yun) and fearless ways with a new podcast opera, “Aqua Net and Funyuns,” released in December 2020. Aqua Net is, of course, the hairspray preferred by 99 percent of Hair Band rockers in the 1980s and those {…}

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Experiments in Opera to Present ‘This is Not About Natalie’

Experiments in Opera to Present Two World Premieres in its Winter/Spring 2025 Season

Experiments in Opera to Present Double Bill

Experiments in Opera to World Premiere ‘Five Ways to Die’

Experiments in Opera & Alter Ego Chamber Opera to Present Unique Double Bill

Experiments in Opera Announces its Spring 2024 Season

ALL ARTS to World Premiere New Experiments in Opera Miniseries ‘Everything for Dawn’

Experiments in Opera to Release New Ten-Episode Video Opera Series ‘Everything for Dawn’

Q&A: Co-Artistic Director of Experiments in Opera Jason Cady on EiO’s Serial Opera Podcast ‘Aqua Net and Funyuns’