 And now, here is a musical treat, the world premiere of a new mini opera called Dream Little Cockroach. There are four acts, one now, two later, and one after that. Here are our narrators. Our main character in this little opera is a cockroach. Cockroach. Well, or maybe he's a human being, I'm a little confused about that. But here's the story. Right now, he is sleeping a deep, happy sleep. But it seems that during this sleep, he has metamorphosized. He has been transformed from a cockroach into a human being. And our little cockroach seems to be hearing voices in his sleep. If you listen, maybe you can hear voices too. Hark, I say! Hark! Listen carefully. Wake up! She is impending. Little bug, your little wife was so, so stuck, but now you are a man. It's time for act two of the mini opera Dream Little Cockroach. Here are our narrators. Members, his relatives, if you will, have all heard the man's story. Well, you heard the story too just a little while ago. The man says he metamorphosized from a cockroach into a human being. This is exciting news for the family members. All those relatives have gathered together and they are going to decide together whether day two are cockroaches, cockroaches, who became humans. And they are coming around to the idea that maybe this is not a bad thing. Okay, family members, tell us about it. I don't know, I don't know what to do. Oh, it's crazy, but maybe it's true. Why a cockroach? Ew, ew, ew. As a family, we are perplexed, so how can we figure out what will come next? Are we a cockroach? We must decide to stand with pride. Or scurry and hide. If we are cockroaches, some things are good. Yes, we have advantages not understood by simple people who've not had a badamorphosis. How sad. How sad they go their whole life. Oh, they never change. They linger like lobby hopes have realized. Their basic nature never revised. They so to speak are just not sclerotized. They are soft. It's hard, it's so hard to think to protect you from hate. Learned. Until we learn, unlike the rest of you, our destiny. If there should be catastrophe, they think that we will survive. We will survive. Maybe they won't. It's time for Act 3 of the mini opera, Dream Little Cockroach. Here are our narrators. Well, the news keeps spreading. The news about the man who says he metamorphosized from a cockroach. Cockroach. Into a human, word has reached the entomologists. Entomologists are people who study bugs. These entomologists, well, these scientists, they're having a big professional meeting to discuss this strange news. Well, look at them. There's a scientist who studies bed bugs. And a scientist who studies locusts. And one who studies beetles. And one who studies mosquitoes. Oh, everybody is so excited. These entomologists are excited because they have decided that they too are originally bugs. Probably. Let's watch them mold. Oh, sorry. Let's watch them emote. I meant emote. Let's watch them emote. That's one happy bunch of scientists. And one influential bunch of scientists. After that meeting, words spread quickly to all the other scientists. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. La Cucaracha. 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We need a hard-headed leader. We need a leader who knows how to survive. But who should lead us? Who should be our leader? That's so obvious. La Cucaracha! La Cucaracha! La Cucaracha! La Cucaracha! Hey, a bug! Well, I suppose Look at his nose Look at his nose Can't see much out Cockroach! Living in the dark History so stark Cockroach! Cockroach! Yay, yay! Maybe like him I was at first Then just like him My fate reversed What's last today? Cockroach! Cockroach! Cockroach! Cockroach! He's the one for me! The opera performers The Pandemic Cockroach Orchestra Piano Yulia Yu Accordion Dr. Thomas Michelle Cello Dr. Julie Ryman Bass Dr. Bruce Copeland The narrators Karen Hopkins Christopher Hopkins The soloists Alexi Elaseev Bobby Hill Dr. Fred Tsai Ted Sharp Jan Hadland Lijo Shah And soloists and our opera director Maria Forante