Every year, the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony features a mini-opera based on that year’s theme. The theme for the 2009 Prizes was “Risk,” and the opera is titled “The Big Bank Opera.” Because when you look at it closely, at least from the unique perspective of Mr. Improbable, the rise and collapse of the banking system does bear some resemblance to the creation of the universe, i.e., the Big Bang.

It is now online for your viewing and listening pleasure.