OPERA
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
8:00 PM

Alberto Savinio:  Les Chants de la Mi-Mort
ISSUE Project Room
22 Boerum Place, Downtown, Brooklyn

$15
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/alberto-savinio-les-chants-de-la-mi-mort-1914-nick-hallett-music-scene-3-2018

Bet you didn't know that di Chirico had a younger brother who (among many other things) wrote an avant-garde opera in the early 20th Century.  Actually, revivals of early 20th Century avant-garde theater pieces are risky:  they frequently come off as stilted and kind of pointless; once the pieces lose the capacity to shock, it sometimes seems, there's not much left.  But this one has the tremendous advantage of the participation of such sterling performers as soprano Lucy Dhegrae and pianist Kathleen Supové, which provides its own recommendation of the production.  To seal the deal, the program also includes a new section of an opera-in-progress that the excellent Brooklyn composer Nick Hallett is working on.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  After all that avant-gardery, you'll want a good cocktail and a burger:  Long Island Bar.