ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
Grounded in the lived experience of scientific practice, Meltdown utilizes contemporary opera and music theater techniques to explore the intertwined dynamics of grief over the climate crisis and the exploitation of people and land.
CREATIVE TEAM
Hai-Ting Chinn—Performer and Co-Librettist
Francesca Anderegg—Violin
Jules Biber—Cello
Kelvin Chan—Stage Director
David Cote—Libretto
Erika Switzer—Music Director and Piano
Camilla Tassi—Video
Stefan Weisman—Composer
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The performance career of Hai-Ting Chinn (she/her) as a mezzo-soprano spans music from medieval to new, and a range of theatrical styles from performance-practice to wildly experimental. She was featured in The Wooster Group’s La Didone, in the most recent revival of Einstein on the Beach, and in several monodramas written for her, as well as more standard operatic, oratorio, and concert repertoire. In recent years, Chinn has become known as a champion of science communication through song, especially focussing on the work of women in STEM. As such, she is the creator and librettist of Science Fair: An Opera With Experiments, a staged show of science set to music, and of Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space, a visual album of songs based on the words of women astronauts, created with vocal trio Triumphatrix. www.hai-ting.com