Posts Tagged ‘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 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 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 MoreLA Phil and The Industry: An Exciting Announcement
Dear friends of The Industry, Although all eyes are on Hopscotch, which opens in just under two months, an exciting announcement is being made today that we thrilled to share with you. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has appointed me Artist-Collaborator for a three-year residency beginning in Fall 2016. This means that in addition to my…
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…
Read MoreA Rumination on Writing an Opera by Jason Thorpe Buchanan
This week, we feature a piece by composer Jason Thorpe Buchanan, whose multimedia opera, Hunger, will be featured in our 2015 FIRST TAKE showcase of new ideas in American opera. In deciding to write a Multimedia Opera, I wanted to explore the idea of psychological fragility and deterioration
Read MoreFrom Beanbags to Headphones: Experiencing the Industry
Hi, I’m Elizabeth Cline, The Industry’s new Executive Director. I’d like to talk about my discoveries as an audience member of The Industry’s productions – the very experiences that made me so excited to join the team!
Read MoreLiving the Dream of Invisible Cities
This week, Chris Cerrone, composer of INVISIBLE CITIES, writes about the creation of the opera’s studio recording. The album will be available as a digital download and limited-edition CD box set on November 4th, 2014. Creating a recording of INVISIBLE CITIES has long been a dream of mine.
Read MoreSay Hello to the Industry Records
In the DIY spirit that launched The Industry four years ago, we’re thrilled to announce The Industry’s new independent label, The Industry Records!
Read MoreOld Friends: Conducting & Recording Invisible Cities
Hi! I’m Marc Lowenstein, Music Director for The Industry. I wanted to talk to you about is the new recording of Chris Cerrone’s INVISIBLE CITIES. We finished the studio recording about two weeks ago
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