The Industry celebrates the return of its LAB series, in partnership with REDCAT, featuring new works in opera by renowned artists Guillermo E. Brown, Carmina Escobar, and Matana Roberts. For more than a decade, The Industry has created experimental productions that expand opera’s traditional definition, drawing new and diverse artists and audiences to the medium…

In spring 2027, The Industry will present If you unfolded us, an opera created by renowned interdisciplinary artist and writer Sable Elyse Smith in collaboration with composer David Dominique. Originally presented at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the opera’s love story is being reimagined by Smith with The Industry for a nightclub setting…

ANIMAL calls to the parts of you that hide behind language. It asks you to sense the rebellion in sensing. To feel the resistance in body borne focus. To stop with the doom scroll and stop with the chatter and hear what the animal in you knows. Conceived as an underground listening gym, this boundary-pushing…

Composed by George Lewis Libretto by Douglas Kearney Concept & Direction by Yuval Sharon     The Comet / Poppea brings together seemingly disparate worlds connected by stories of cultural transformation. The work juxtaposes Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea), an Italian opera from 1643 unfolding among the social divisions of ancient…

An interstellar chamber opera set inside the the historic Mount Wilson Observatory   The Industry presents the World Premiere of STAR CHOIR, co-directed by Malik Gaines (The Industry’s Co-Artistic Director) and Alexandro Segade, composed by Gaines with Libretto by Segade. Audiences will embark on a cosmic mission, as a starship crew seeks refuge on the…

LAB is The Industry’s performance platform supporting experiments in opera. Curated by The Industry’s artistic directors, Ash Fure, Malik Gaines, and Yuval Sharon, LAB will feature three creative teams in a week-long workshop of new material by Mariah Garnett, Richard Kennedy, and H Sinno. Moving fluidly between the opera and visual art worlds, this year’s…

HIVE RISE is a physical encounter with sound. Debuting originally at Berlin’s iconic techno club Berghain in January 2020, HIVE RISE reemerges in a site-specific staging composed and performed by Ash Fure, directed and choreographed by LILLETH, with scenic architecture by stock-a-studio, costume design by Carlos Soto, lighting design by Kelley Shih, video design by Hana S.…

The Arrivals wash up on the shore. They make contact with another civilization they call “the Hosts.” And from there, the story splinters, following diverging perspectives. Starting as a procession through the LA State Historic Park, Sweet Land becomes an opera that erases itself. The company that created Invisible Cities and Hopscotch, now brings you…

“For two hundred years the Europeans have been sending us their operas. Now I’m sending them back.” That’s how John Cage described Europeras 1 & 2, and he wasn’t kidding. The L.A.-born master’s 1987 opera – his first – uses fragments of arias and duets from 64 European operas as its source material. Performers sing…

WAR OF THE WORLDS is a new opera that eliminates the boundary between concert hall and the streets of Los Angeles. Three defunct air raid sirens located in downtown Los Angeles are re-purposed into public speakers to broadcast a live performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall, based on the infamous 1938 radio drama created by…