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<span fr-original-style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:24px;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">MELTDOWN<span fr-original-style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;white-space-collapse:preserve;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);box-sizing:inherit">... in which a glaciologist loses her cool <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">A dramatic work for mezzo-soprano and piano trio  <hr /><span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Premiering at National Sawdust on <a href="https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/sparks-wiry-cries-presents-meltdown#redesign" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">February 8, 2025</a>, <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://hai-ting.com/meltdownabout" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">Meltdown</a> <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">is a co-creation of <a href="https://hai-ting.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">Hai-Ting Chinn</a>, <a href="https://davidcote.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">David Cote</a>, and <a href="https://www.stefanweisman.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">Stefan Weisman</a>. Co-Producers <a href="https://www.sparksandwirycries.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">Sparks and Wiry Cries</a> and <a href="http://vitalopera.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">Vital Opera</a> are proudly initiating this crowdfunding campaign to generate support for this important new work.  <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">100% of your generous contribution supports artist fees and production costs. <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Meltdown <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">is a one-act dramatic work for mezzo-soprano and piano trio that links resistance to addressing climate change with sexism in science. Far from being separate issues, <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">we learn how prejudice against women in the field springs from the same exploitative impulse that has so affected the environment. Social evolution is key to averting climate catastrophe.  <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">A Glaciologist (Hai-Ting Chinn) is giving a l<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">ecture on her study of climate change’s impact on ice sheet mass loss<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">. <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">We learn that her mentor, a renowned scientist, has recently gone missing during a field expedition in Greenland and is presumed dead. At the same time, we hear that a male scientist has recently been accused of sexual harassment by women colleagues. What’s the connection? <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The 65-minute piece—evocatively composed by Stefan Weisman for piano, cello, and violin—<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">begins as a lecture that opens up into a psychological landscape, a symbolic ice sheet where the Glaciologist explains exactly what’s at stake. <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Meltdown’s science advisor is <a href="https://oirap.rutgers.edu/Facsurv/html/Asa_K._Rennermalm.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">Dr. Åsa K. Rennermalm</a>, a leader of expeditions to Greenland. Through interviews with Rennermalm and research about structural sexism in science, co-librettists David Cote and Hai-Ting Chinn have devised a narrative that blends fact, fiction, and lyrical reflection. Director Kelvin Chan’s staging incorporates projection design by <a href="https://www.camillatassi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:currentcolor;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit" target="_blank">Camilla Tassi</a>, using documentary video shot during an expedition on the Greenland ice sheet, as well as original video featuring performer Kate Valk. <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Grounded in the lived experience of scientific practice, <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Meltdown<span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> uses contemporary music-theater techniques to explore the intertwined dynamics of grief over the climate crisis; sexual harassment and violence; and the exploitation of people and land. Scientific rigor, humor, outrage, and a mingled sense of grief and hope are knit together in this affecting and powerful work.  <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">To do that work, we need your help. Can you donate today? Any amount helps—from $25 to $250 or more, <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">you'll directly support artist fees and production expenses. Give today, and when <span fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Meltdown is soon produced around the country, you'll know that YOU helped its very first launch! <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1733841740/hspoy8lyo8wh1wwkwihe.png" style="width:176px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;max-width:100%;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" />

Hello <span data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name,Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping to support the world premiere of Hai-Ting Chinn, David Cote, and Stefan Weisman's Meltdown. 100% of this contribution will go directly to support artist fees and production costs. If you would like to contribute further to our cause, please contact us to become a volunteer, or spread the word about our upcoming performance. Meanwhile, don't forget to purchase tickets now for February 8, 2025 at National Sawdust! We hope to see you in Brooklyn.With deepest gratitude,Hai-Ting Chinn, David Cote, and Stefan Weisman, co-creators of MeltdownMartha Guth and Erika Switzer, co-directors, Sparks and Wiry CriesKelvin Chan, general director, Vital Opera

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MELTDOWN... in which a glaciologist loses her cool A dramatic work for mezzo-soprano and piano trio  <hr />Premiering at National Sawdust on <a href="https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/sparks-wiry-cries-presents-meltdown#redesign" target="_blank">February 8, 2025</a>, <a href="https://hai-ting.com/meltdownabout" target="_blank">Meltdown</a> is a co-creation of <a href="https://hai-ting.com/" target="_blank">Hai-Ting Chinn</a>, <a href="https://davidcote.com/" target="_blank">David Cote</a>, and <a href="https://www.stefanweisman.com/" target="_blank">Stefan Weisman</a>. Co-Producers <a href="https://www.sparksandwirycries.org/" target="_blank">Sparks and Wiry Cries</a> and <a href="http://vitalopera.org" target="_blank">Vital Opera</a> are proudly initiating this crowdfunding campaign to generate support for this important new work.  100% of your generous contribution supports artist fees and production costs. Meltdown is a one-act dramatic work for mezzo-soprano and piano trio that links resistance to addressing climate change with sexism in science. Far from being separate issues, we learn how prejudice against women in the field springs from the same exploitative impulse that has so affected the environment. Social evolution is key to averting climate catastrophe.  A Glaciologist (Hai-Ting Chinn) is giving a lecture on her study of climate change’s impact on ice sheet mass loss. We learn that her mentor, a renowned scientist, has recently gone missing during a field expedition in Greenland and is presumed dead. At the same time, we hear that a male scientist has recently been accused of sexual harassment by women colleagues. What’s the connection? The 65-minute piece—evocatively composed by Stefan Weisman for piano, cello, and violin—begins as a lecture that opens up into a psychological landscape, a symbolic ice sheet where the Glaciologist explains exactly what’s at stake. Meltdown’s science advisor is <a href="https://oirap.rutgers.edu/Facsurv/html/Asa_K._Rennermalm.html" target="_blank">Dr. Åsa K. Rennermalm</a>, a leader of expeditions to Greenland. Through interviews with Rennermalm and research about structural sexism in science, co-librettists David Cote and Hai-Ting Chinn have devised a narrative that blends fact, fiction, and lyrical reflection. Director Kelvin Chan’s staging incorporates projection design by <a href="https://www.camillatassi.com/" target="_blank">Camilla Tassi</a>, using documentary video shot during an expedition on the Greenland ice sheet, as well as original video featuring performer Kate Valk. Grounded in the lived experience of scientific practice, Meltdown uses contemporary music-theater techniques to explore the intertwined dynamics of grief over the climate crisis; sexual harassment and violence; and the exploitation of people and land. Scientific rigor, humor, outrage, and a mingled sense of grief and hope are knit together in this affecting and powerful work.  To do that work, we need your help. Can you donate today? Any amount helps—from $25 to $250 or more, you'll directly support artist fees and production expenses. Give today, and when Meltdown is soon produced around the country, you'll know that YOU helped its very first launch! <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1733841740/hspoy8lyo8wh1wwkwihe.png" style="width:176px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />

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**Cause:** Their current project, "Meltdown," addresses the dual crises of climate change and sexism in science, highlighting how these issues are interconnected. The opera serves as a platform to raise awareness and provoke thought on these pressing global challenges.

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