Posts Tagged ‘Experimental opera’
The Industry’s Story of 2020
How do we even start to encapsulate this bewildering year – one that is marked by so much grieving and uncertainty? As unfathomable events that unfolded throughout 2020 were like works of fiction, bad dreams, or worse. And like all nightmares we all had to wake up, and for most of us we also had…
Read MoreAn interview with YOUNG CAESAR designers Jason H. Thompson and Kaitlyn Pietras
Jason, you have worked as a designer on several productions with The Industry. Which projects have you produced, and how did your relationship with The Industry begin? Jason: I’ve worked as the Projection Designer on Crescent City opera and Invisible Cities, and as the Production Designer for Hopscotch. It all started when I met Yuval in…
Read MoreNew Opera is the Greatest Adventure
From the very beginning, The Industry was an adventure. Born with no start-up support and in a challenged economic climate, the idea to form a DIY company focusing on new and experimental opera came across as bold to some optimistic friends, harebrained to other more rational ones. More than one person nicknamed me Fitzcarraldo—and I…
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