Friends Michael and Billy and brothers John and Vincent O'Neill formed their band in 1974 and invited classmate and Derry Feis regular Feargal Sharkey to join as singer.
Aubert says Silversun Pickups' multiple residencies didn't get the band signed, but it did give the musicians an opportunity to play on a regular basis.
It all made me wish for the logical next step for New York: regular staged productions of these operas, in an appropriately sized theater with a pit, starring a period-instrument band, conductor and singers as fine as these.