Mark Alburger, long-time editor/publisher of "20th Century Music" (now upgraded to 21st Century), is about to make music news, instead of reporting it. His opera, "Henry Miller in Brooklyn," premieres in San Francisco's Potrero Hill Neighborhood House Theater, on May 4, for a run through May 20 (and that's a longer opening run than most new operas get). Alburger wrote the music, the libretto is by Mel Clay, Harriet March Page is the stage director. The authors' description of the work: In the Roaring 20's -- before Paris, before "Tropic of Cancer," before fame -- struggling novelist Henry Miller shared a bed in a Brooklyn basement flat with his volatile wife June, an erotic dancer, and her lover Jeanne, a painter. These were the crazy bohemian days and nights that shaped a literary icon... a new-music drama about the coming-of-age of the writer who broke all the taboos. The cast: Tisha C. Page as JUNE, Rick Richetta as HENRY, Elaine Foley Romanelli as Jeanne Peterson. The orchestration is for flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, trumpet and piano. For information: www.goathall.org, Janos Gereben/SF, CA [log in to unmask]