Experiments in Opera

06/22/2026

Vol. 2 of the operas of Jason Cady (coming out this Fri 6/26, features three other twisted and insightful narratives including zombies, time travel and a ventriloquist. New opera for the truly seeking….

Performers:
Sarah Daniels
KATIEE
Tomas Cruz
Emily Manzo
Erin Flannery

Photos by
Reuben Radding (2 & 3)

06/12/2026

Announcing the release of two volumes of operas by EiO co-founder Jason Cady. Jason has been making his entirely unique brand of opera for over 20 years and the pieces on these records are evidence of his continued explorations. Available 6/26 wherever you stream!

Candy Corn (2018)
The Captives (2015)
The Mother (2012)
I Need Space (2016)

Photos by Reuben Radding, Aaron Siegel and Jonathan Grassi

Featuring
Alize Francheska
Calder
KATIEE
Tis Kaoru Zamler-Carhart
Erin Flannery
Lisa Komara
Tomas Cruz

05/25/2026

“Operas drawn from the headlines can feel dated by the time they make it to stage. This work was optimally timed for our ongoing scourge of dubious health influencers.”

Constance: A Confession, presented in Brooklyn by Experiments in Opera, satirizes our digital age with style.

05/25/2026

“Director Shannon Sindelar and choreography Celia Krefter staged Constance with lively variety, while music director Dmitriy Glivinskiy led the musicians comprising the four-person “hypercube” chamber accompaniment with gamesome aplomb.”

Review of Constance: A Confession, a new multi-author opera created by the “Writers’ Room” of the Experiments in Opera company; viewed May 18, 2026, with further performances having run through May 22. What would happen if you assembled four writer-and-composer teams, challenged them to write ...

05/23/2026

That’s a wrap on CONSTANCE (at least for now)! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this special project and congrats to all the folks who made it happen. What a crew!!









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05/22/2026

And here is another one...

05/22/2026

The reviews keep coming...

Chamber opera is on a roll! I caught the penultimate performance of Constance: A Confession at the HERE Arts Center tonight and exited laughing and marveling. A composite work cobbled together by two foursomes of librettists and composers within the Experiments in Opera consortium, it’s a clever t...

05/21/2026

"Shannon Sindelar has just the right touch in staging. She fully appreciates the librettists’ words as a musical line in their own right. They rhyme, they have a beat, and they sing."

Experiments in Opera’s new opera, Constance: A Confession, is the sixth opera created in a unique collaborative Writers' Room. It is modeled on work...

05/21/2026

"a sharp, strange, and savagely entertaining chamber opera about manipulation, self-delusion, and the frightening ease with which charisma can masquerade as enlightenment. "

Four composers, four librettists, four stellar singers: a wickedly funny operatic experiment turns a startling subject into theatrical gold.

05/20/2026

Thanks to for a thoughtful review of Constance and props to for their tremendous contributions to this new opera!!