Art and science will intertwine in dramatic fashion when the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores presents the debut of a new one-act opera, "Headstrong," based on the 2015 book "Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World," by journalist Rachel Swaby.

Fishwick's work focuses on three scientists from the book -- Gerty Cori, a Czech-American and Nobel Prize-winning biochemist known for her groundbreaking work on carbohydrate metabolism; Chien-Shiung Wu, a nuclear physicist who was dubbed the "First Lady of Physics;" and Rachel Carson, an American marine biologist and conservationist whose book "Silent Spring" is credited with founding the modern environmental movement.

"There were so many extraordinary women mentioned in Rachel's book, it was a challenge to narrow down the opera to just three women," he said. "Gerty Cori, Chien-Shiung Wu and Rachel Carson all have such incredible scientific and personal stories. Telling them in a musical fashion will be a treat to audiences."

"We hope that programming will serve as a spark to students to enter a STEM field as a career, and to have a deeper understanding and appreciation for the women - past and present - who have made important contributions to our world," Mullins added.