Timberbrit, opera by Jacob Cooper ’10MMA, at Incubator Arts Project

Timberbrit, the opera by composer Jacob Cooper (a recent Yale School of Music graduate) and librettist Yka Igarashi, will be presented at the Incubator Arts Project in New York November 18 through 20.

The performance will be directed by Jaime Castañeda and features video design by Sherng-Lee Huang and Phelps Harmon and lighting design by Eric Southern.

The cast features Mellissa Hughes (a graduate of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music) as Britney Spears and Ted Hearne (another School of Music composition alumnus) as Justin Timberlake. Rounding out the list of performers are James Moore, guitar; Joe Magar (a YSM grad), bass; Ron Wiltrout, drums; and Jacob Cooper, keyboard and laptop.

Tickets, directions, and more information is available here.