June 27-30, 2024 | HERE Arts

Five Ways to Die features 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 was written and composed by artists in Experiments in Opera’s critically-acclaimed Writers’ Room, a regularly-occurring program for composers and librettists that Experiments in Opera began in 2019. 

Cast:
Alize Francheska Rozsnyai, soprano
Rose Hegele, soprano
Melisa Bonetti Luna, mezzo-soprano
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
Kannan Vasudevan, tenor
Seth Gilman, baritone

Musicians:
Clarinet/bass clarinet: Eileen Mack
Electric guitar: James Moore
Acoustic/Electric bass: Tristan Kastin-Krause
Vibraphone/Percussion: Joe Bergen
Drumset: Matt Evans

Production:
Conductor: Dmitry Glivinskiy
Stage Direction: Shannon Sindelar
Scenic Design: Efren Delgadillo
Costume Design: Normandy Sherwood
Lighting Design: Christina Tang
Technical Director: Sarah Schetter
Stage Manager: Max Mooney
Sound Engineer: Nathaniel Butler

Photos by Aaron Siegel and Hunter Canning