"The story tells how Pythagoras favors his power over truth, with fatal outcomes. Hailed as a god by his cult-like followers, he preaches that the universe is built in harmonious proportions. Yet, by applying the Pythagorean Theorem, his student finds irrational numbers, jeopardizing this theory. The opera is about speaking truth to power in a restless society, unsure about democracy and looking for a leader. These themes resonate today as much as they did 2,500 years ago."

https://www.rubennaeff.com/pythagoras

Music: Ruben Naeff
Libretto: Joep Stapel
Conductor: David Bloom
Hippasos: Megan Schubert
Pheme / Cylon: Mellissa Hughes
Narrator / Milo: Jeffrey Gavett
Pythagoras: Dashon Burton
All singers double as members of the chorus.
Flutes: Kelli Kathman
Clarinets 1+2: Ken Thomson
French Horn: David Byrd-Marrow
Percussion: Amy Garapic
Acoustic guitar: Taylor Levine
Piano: David Friend
Violin: Pauline Kim-Harris
Double bass: Pat Swoboda
Recording: Jascha Narveson
Sound effects: Ed RosenBerg III
Music engraving: Derek Johnson
Artwork by Sarah Jonker

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Outdoor concert at the Brooklyn Public Library!
Central Library, Plaza ​
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238

Monday, Oct 4, 2021 (Rain Date October 5, 2021) UPDATE—will be on raindate!
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm    

Brooklyn Public Library will present short excerpts of A Marvelous Order—a highly anticipated forthcoming opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs—in concert, outdoors, in front of Central Library. The opera is composed by Judd Greenstein, with a libretto by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, and is co-conceived with visual artist Joshua Frankel. Animation created by Frankel for the opera will be projected onto the building’s dramatic facade, synchronized to the live musical performance.