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On-demand stream now available
“ It is the single best deal in all of opera right now, and that is taking into account the sudden riches of free opera streams from the world’s most illustrious companies.” — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Dear Friend, Working with the video team on this unexpected video version of Sweet Land has been a bittersweet experience: bitter for the…
Read MorePre-order the Sweet Land On-Demand Video Stream
Despite stellar reviews and sold-out performances in our first two weeks, Sweet Land was forced to shut down two weeks ahead of schedule to stop the spread of COVID-19. With cameras as the only audience, the ensemble of Sweet Land came together for one final impassioned performance to preserve a new work the Los Angeles Times called “opera as astonishment.” A…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Update: Sweet Land Performances are Canceled
To ensure a safe and healthy environment for our community, all Sweet Land performances are canceled. We will announce information about on-demand streaming of Sweet Land next week. A letter from Yuval: In my last message Wednesday, I expressed my hope that we would still be able to perform Sweet Land based on the recommendations of The County of Los…
Read MoreSweet Land and COVID-19
Note: there’s a more recent post on this topic. A letter from Yuval: Dear Friend, We are humbled by the ecstatic response that Sweet Land has elicited in the press and among our audiences — since our last update, we received acclaim in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and LA Weekly. Yet we are also, like you, concerned about the health and safety…
Read MoreMeet The Voices of Sweet Land
We are in the final stages of fundraising for Sweet Land and we need your help! Sweet Land, composed by Raven Chacon and Du Yun with text by Aja Couchois Duncan and Douglas Kearney, is conceived as an opera that erases itself: as the audience processes through the LA State Historic Park, the space behind…
Read MoreSweet Land Workshop
When The Industry sets out to make a large-scale multidisciplinary production, it is crucial that each element has time to develop and coalesce with the next. And because we are making opera and music is driving the work a musical workshop becomes a particularly significant step in the process. In early May, we workshopped our…
Read MoreWAR OF THE WORLDS Secrets Revealed
WAR OF THE WORLDS is a large-scale, city-wide collaborative performance experience presented by the LA Philharmonic and co-produced by The Industry and NOW Art LA. It is The Industry’s most audacious experiment since Hopscotch. The notorious radio drama comes to new life with music by Annie Gosfield, directed by The Industry’s Yuval Sharon, conducted by…
Read MoreThe Journey from A to B
Hopscotch is full of metaphors for human existence and experience. It all begins with the name, the hopscotch game itself, with each hop as a step in a life path. The way in which this opera is experienced and the language itself also lends itself to the metaphor. Life proceeds as a journey to an…
Read MoreWhat We See on the Surface: An Interview with Animator Daniel Olivas
Daniel Olivas is the animator for Hopscotch Chapter 16, available online here. Olivas is a multi-media visual artist who was born in San Diego and received a B.A from UC Davis in Art Studio and Film Studies with a minor in music. After co-founding ASUCDs Aggie Public Arts Committee, he became chair and held that position…
Read MoreA $60k Pledge Towards Hopscotch
We have until July 10 to match a generous $60,000 donation from Kiki and David Gindler — click here to help us reach our goal by July 10! You know The Industry loves a good challenge, whether it’s wireless operas in train stations or a single opera divided into 24 cars. But we’ve never had…
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