Tenor Kelly as George Blonsky, soprano Ferrante as Charlotte Blonsky and baritone Lima as the Zookeeper,...
Tenor Martin Kelly (L) as George Blonsky, soprano Maria Ferrante (C) as Charlotte Blonsky, and baritone Philip Lima, as the Zookeeper, perform the mini-opera "The Blonsky Device" during the 23rd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 12, 2013. The annual prizes, meant to entertain and encourage global research and innovation, are awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes which will be announced next month. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT)