Following up on the tremendous success of our inaugural concert in January 2012, Experiments in Opera presents two evenings of works at Roulette in Brooklyn on May 10 & 11, 2012.

May 10 will feature work-in-progress presentations of Brother Brother by Aaron Siegel and To Scale by Cough Button as well as a full production of Happiness is the Problem by Jason Cady.

May 11 will be devoted to a partly staged production of Borges and the Other by Matthew Welch.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit roulette.org.

On April 5, 2012, Experiments in Opera hosted a benefit event in support of the upcoming Spring Series at Roulette on May 10-11, 2012. The menu for the event featured performances of Aperghis, Monteverdi, Chopin and Why Lie? and a tasty menu designed by New York Times Food Columnist Melissa Clark.  Here are some of the pictures from the evening.

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Radios for the Why Lie? performance, one of four featured performances for the evening.

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Guests at the EIO Benefit event.

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Soprano Christie Finn performs two selections from Georges Aperhgis.

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Benefit guests enjoying themselves.

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Experiments in Opera co-founder, Matthew Welch, with pianist Emily Manzo.

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Why Lie? and Cough Button artists, Dave Ruder and Aliza Simons with other Benefit guests.

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The benefit hosts and guest.

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Soprano, Erin Flannery, performs a madrigal by Monteverdi.

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Pianist Emily Manzo and flash illustrator, Matt Freedman, collaborate on several etudes by Frederic Chopin.

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EIO co-founder, Matthew Welch, with guitarist and composer, Dave Ruder.

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EIO co-founder, Jason Cady, with benefit guests.

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Transistor radios were given to guests as part of the Why Lie? performance.

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Aliza Simons and Dave Ruder performing as Why Lie?

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EIO co-founders Jason Cady, Aaron Siegel and Matthew Welch.

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Benefit menu-designer Melissa Clark with other guests.

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Our inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 was an enormous success.  We had a packed and attentive crowd at (le) Poisson Rouge for what was a remarkable evening of performances.  Here are some of the photos from the evening to give you a sense of the energy of the event.

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Countertenor Patrick Fennig before the performance of Aaron Siegel's 'Brother Brother' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Composer Jason Cady before the performance of his "Happiness is the Problem' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Singers Jeff Gavett and James Rogers during rehearsal for Matt Welch's "Borges and the Other" at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Countertenor Patrick Fennig, Soprano Michele Kennedy and speaker Dave Ruder during the dress rehearsal of Aaron Siegel's 'Brother Brother' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Percussionists Al Cerulo and Joe Bergen during the rehearsal of Aaron Siegel's 'Brother Brother' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Soprano Michele Kennedy and speaker Dave Ruder during the dress rehearsal of Aaron Siegel's 'Brother Brother' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Percussionists Al Cerulo and Joe Bergen, Violist Jessica Pavone, cellist Mariel Roberts, Countertenor Patrick Fennig, Soprano Michele Kennedy and speaker Dave Ruder during the dress rehearsal of Aaron Siegel's 'Brother Brother' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Singers Lisa Komara, Mimi Watkins, and Megan Schubert during the dress rehearsal for Jason Cady's "Happiness is the Problem' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Cellist Emilie Girard-Charest during the dress rehearsal for Georges Aperghis' "Sextuor: L'Origine des especes" at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Singers Silvie Jensen, Christie Finn, Gelsey Bell and Megan Schubert during the dress rehearsal for Georges Aperghis' "Sextuor: L'Origine des especes" at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Cellist Emilie Girard-Charest and singers Amirtha Kidambi and Silvie Jensen during the dress rehearsal for Georges Aperghis' "Sextuor: L'Origine des especes" at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Cellist Emilie Girard-Charest and singers Amirtha Kidambi, Silvie Jensen, Christie Finn, Gelsey Bell and Megan Schubert during the dress rehearsal for Georges Aperghis' "Sextuor: L'Origine des especes" at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Singers Lisa Komara, Mimi Watkins, and Megan Schubert during the performance of Jason Cady's "Happiness is the Problem' at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Singers Jeff Gavett and James Rogers, plus Leah Paul, Karen Waltuch, David Friend, Mary Halvorson, Matthew Hough, Ian Riggs, Joe Bergen, and Tomas Fujiwara during the performance of Matthew Welch's "Borges and the Other" at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

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Singers Jeff Gavett and James Rogers, plus Leah Paul, Karen Waltuch, David Friend, Mary Halvorson, Matthew Hough, Ian Riggs, Joe Bergen, and Tomas Fujiwara during the performance of Matthew Welch's "Borges and the Other" at the Inaugural Experiments in Opera Festival on January 16, 2012 at (le) Poisson Rouge.

Le Poisson Rouge
Jan. 16, 2012 – 7:30 PM

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OUR SUCCESSFUL KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!

Experiments in Opera is a composer and performer-driven festival, featuring recent and new works with unorthodox answers to the traditional questions about how to connect words, story and music. This inaugural event at Le Poisson Rouge on January 16, 2012 at 7:30 will feature excerpts from four works:

Borges and the Other with music by Matthew Welch and a text adapted from Jorge Luis Borge

Happiness is the Problem with music by Jason Cady, libretto by Nadia Berenstein, Jason Cady, and Amy Cimini and graphics by Nadia Berenstein

Sextuor: l’origine des especes with music by George Aperghis and
a libretto by François Reginault and Georges Aperghis (based on texts by Charles Darwin and Stephen Jay Gould)

Brother Brother with music and words by Aaron Siegel.

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