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The Industry LAB 2026 | REDCAT
The Industry LAB 2026 | REDCAT
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Donate to The Industry
Only through commitments such as yours are we able to pursue our collective mission of developing a new paradigm for opera and interdisciplinary creation for a diversity of artistic voices and audiences. We offer multiple opportunities for supporters like you to invest in the future of The Industry: The Decade Fund, established in 2025, honors…
The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About
The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About
Watch and listen to recent highlights, including “The Comet/Poppea,” a Dave Malloy song cycle and a soprano’s surprise turn at the Metropolitan Opera.
The Industry Listening Parties
The Industry Listening Parties
The Industry’s Listening Parties are a new series featuring artists as they present live and recorded work, discussing their inspirations in different models of opera. Composer Veronika Krausas (Hopscotch, Ghost Opera, The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth)
Buy ANIMAL, the new album by Ash Fure
Buy ANIMAL, the new album by Ash Fure
Yuval Sharon and The Industry celebrate opera at the Bradbury Building
Yuval Sharon and The Industry celebrate opera at the Bradbury Building
Inside the Industry's avant-garde opera party at the Bradbury Building, Jazz at Naz and more L.A. arts and culture news.
Ash Fure's ANIMAL [the underground] | a Creative Capital Awardee
Ash Fure's ANIMAL [the underground] | a Creative Capital Awardee
WSJ (review) | The Comet / Poppea’ and ‘Innocence’ Reviews: Desperate Couples and Family Secrets
WSJ (review) | The Comet / Poppea’ and ‘Innocence’ Reviews: Desperate Couples and Family Secrets
SFCV (review) | The Industry Does Two Operas at Once in The Comet / Poppea
SFCV (review) | The Industry Does Two Operas at Once in The Comet / Poppea
Played simultaneously on a rotating turntable, the double production invites speculation on power relations and much more.
HYPERALLERGIC (review) | Social Tensions From Antiquity to the End of the World
HYPERALLERGIC (review) | Social Tensions From Antiquity to the End of the World
EBONY | How W.E.B. Du Bois’ 'The Comet’ Became an Opera that Teases the End of Societal Inequality Through Catastrophe
EBONY | How W.E.B. Du Bois’ 'The Comet’ Became an Opera that Teases the End of Societal Inequality Through Catastrophe
The Comet/Poppea, which debuted at the MOCA in Los Angeles on June 15, 2024, is a show staged on a revolving turntable divided into two sides, where one side revisits Du Bois’ proto-Afro-futurist writing.
BOMB Magazine | Yuval Sharon by Rob Goyanes
BOMB Magazine | Yuval Sharon by Rob Goyanes
NYT | A New Opera Mashes Up Monteverdi and W.E.B. Du Bois
NYT | A New Opera Mashes Up Monteverdi and W.E.B. Du Bois
“The Comet/Poppea” radically pares down a classic and blends it with a premiere by George E. Lewis for an original show that will travel widely.
LA Times | Visionary director Yuval Sharon isn't trying to cancel old opera. His latest fantastical piece transcends the genre
LA Times | Visionary director Yuval Sharon isn't trying to cancel old opera. His latest fantastical piece transcends the genre
Hollywood Reporter | Confronting Opera as an “Inherently Colonialist Art Form,” Yuval Sharon Brings New Work to L.A.
Hollywood Reporter | Confronting Opera as an “Inherently Colonialist Art Form,” Yuval Sharon Brings New Work to L.A.
The renowned opera director and founder of The Industry is premiering 'The Comet / Poppea,' a mash-up of Monteverdi and a short story by W.E.B. Du Bois, at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary.
SFCV | Yuval Sharon Says Sci-Fi and Opera Are Similar
SFCV | Yuval Sharon Says Sci-Fi and Opera Are Similar
In the director’s latest opus, a vintage W.E.B. Du Bois story and a classic Baroque opera collide. Here’s why they go together.
Cultural Attaché | Composer George Lewis Gets Struck By A Comet
Cultural Attaché | Composer George Lewis Gets Struck By A Comet
The Industry & MOCA present The Comet / Poppea
The Industry & MOCA present The Comet / Poppea
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and The Industry present the highly-anticipated world premiere of The Comet / Poppea, conceived by director Yuval Sharon, composed by George Lewis, with a libretto by poet Douglas Kearney.
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