The Industry Opera

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The Industry Opera is a Los Angeles-based opera company that creates experimental productions. Founded in 2010 by Artistic Director Yuval Sharon, The Industry has created site-specific projects across Los Angeles. [1]

The industry's projects include world premiere productions with composers Raven Chacon, Du Yun, Rand Steiger, Veronika Krausas, Marc Lowenstein, Andrew McIntosh, Andrew Norman, Ellen Reid, David Rosenboom, Christopher Cerrone, and Anne LeBaron, and new productions of works by John Cage, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley through the company's Highway One series. [2] [3] [4]

Opera projects produced by The Industry

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References

  1. ↑ "About The Industry". The Industry Opera. Retrieved November 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Highway One: Young Caesar". The Industry Opera. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "John Cage and the California Experimentalists". The Industry Opera. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Highway One: In C". The Industry Opera. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Swed, Mark (2012-05-11). "Review: Industry's remarkable 'Crescent City' reshapes L.A. opera". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Swed, Mark (2013-10-21). "Review: An inward tour through 'Invisible Cities'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Terry Riley: In C, a performance installation by The Industry | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  8. ↑ Robin, William (2015-10-30). "'Hopscotch' Takes Opera Into the Streets (Published 2015)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  9. ↑ "Yuval Sharon's Three Industrious Years with the LA Phil". LA Phil. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  10. ↑ Gelt, Jessica (2016-09-26). "These rainstorms are made of chicken wire and xylophone notes. But L.A. will take them". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ Swed, Mark (2017-06-14). "Review: The puppet orgy is back in a triumphant reworking of 'Young Caesar' at Disney Hall". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "Yuval Sharon Projects". LA Phil. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  13. ↑ Swed, Mark (2017-11-14). "Review: 'War of the Worlds': Delirious opera rises from the death and destruction of L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ Barone, Joshua (2018-11-11). "What Happens When Fluxus Enters the Concert Hall? (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  15. ↑ Falling James (2020-03-06). "The Industry Un-Manifests Destiny in the Beautifully Strange Sweet Land". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2020-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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