Meet the incredible artists featured in @industryopera ‘s Listening Party with Christopher Cerrone - Kelci Hahn (Star Choir, Sweet Land), Cedric Berry (Comet /Poppea), and Ashley Faatoalia (Invisible Cities.) Don’t miss your chance to see these artist bring the works of Grammy-winning composer Chris Cerrone to life.
May 15 · Monk Space
Tickets at operafestla.org and at the link in our bio!
Welcome to Chris Cerrone Week at The Industry!
We can’t wait for the triumphant return of Grammy-winning composer Chris Cerrone to our stage this Friday, May 15th at Monk Space, ahead of his world premiere of Selah, presented by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra this weekend.
The program highlights his recent vocal works, including excerpts from his latest opera, In a Grove, performed by Industry company members, Cedric Berry, Ashley Faatoalia, Kelci Hahn, and Lucy Yates. The program will also feature special guests, The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson) and Tanner Porter performing their chamber piece, Canto Selah, a prelude to Cerrone’s double concerto, Selah.
Chris first collaborated with The Industry as the composer for Invisible Cities, directed by Industry founder Yuval Sharon in 2013. Currently one of our artistic advisory group members, Chris has since become known for work characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations.
The Industry’s Spring Listening Parties are presented as part of OperaFest LA, a collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles. Limited tickets remain for this popular event - reserve yours today!
This week at OperaFestLA:
Listening Party with Christopher Cerrone — an evening with Christopher Cerrone, @industryopera presents curated works from his operas In A Grove and Friday’s Saints.
Hysteria — a new opera by composer Molly Pease and librettist Divya Maus that transforms the historic diagnosis of “female hysteria” into a story of reclamation and empowerment, presented by @synchromymusic
More info and tickets at operafestla.org and at the link in our bio!
The Industry’s Listening Parties blend live performances with recorded work and speculative conversation centered on the future of opera as a multidisciplinary art form. These curated yet casual evenings have featured artists that include black futurist Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother), Aaron Turner from the post-metal band Sumac, composer and percussionist Guillermo E. Brown, extreme vocalist Carmina Escobar, scholar Michael Ned Holte, and mixed-media practitioner Matana Roberts. Invisible Cities, the first opera by Grammy-winning composer Chris Cerrone, was staged by The Industry in Union Station in its world premiere in 2014. Currently a member of The Industry’s artistic advisory group, Cerrone has since become known for work characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations. In May he presents works that center the voice, including selections from his opera In A Grove and the Roomful of Teeth commission Friday’s Saints.
May 15 · Monk Space
Tickets at operafestla.org and at the link in our bio!
Granmy-winning composer Christopher Cerrone returns to The Industry stage on May 15th at Monk Space!
The program highlights his recent vocal works, including excerpts from his latest opera, In a Grove, performed by Industry company members, Cedric Berry, Ashley Faatoalia, Kelci Hahn, and Lucy Yates. The program will also feature special guests, The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson) and Tanner Porter performing their chamber piece, Canto Selah, a prelude to Cerrone’s double concerto, Selah, commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Chris first collaborated with The Industry as the composer for Invisible Cities, directed by Industry founder Yuval Sharon in 2013. Currently one of our artistic advisory group members, Chris has since become known for work characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations.
The Industry’s Spring Listening Parties are presented as part of OperaFest LA, a collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles. We hope to see you there!
Meet the featured guests for @industryopera Listening Party with Christopher Cerrone. Don’t miss this new series from The Industry featuring artists as they present live and recorded work, discussing their inspirations in different models of opera.
May 15 · Monk Space
Tickets at operafestla.org and at the link in our bio!
The Industry welcomes Grammy-winning composer Christopher Cerrone back to our stage on May 15th at Monk Space. The program highlights his recent vocal works, including excerpts from his latest opera, In a Grove, performed by Industry company members, Cedric Berry, Ashley Faatoalia, Kelci Hahn, and Lucy Yates. The program will also feature special guests The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson) and Tanner Porter performing their chamber piece, Canto Selah, a prelude to Cerrone’s double concerto, Selah, commissioned by @lachamberorchestra .
Chris first collaborated with The Industry as the composer for Invisible Cities, directed by Industry founder Yuval Sharon in 2013. Currently one of our artistic advisory group members, Chris has since become known for work characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations.
The Industry’s Spring Listening Parties are presented as part of OperaFest LA, a collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles. We hope to see you there!
Part of OperaFest LA, @industryopera ‘s second Listening Party spotlights Grammy-winning composer @chriscerrone Chris Cerrone, with an evening of music drawn from across his celebrated body of work, including highlights from his acclaimed opera In a Grove. Co-produced by Pittsburgh Opera and Metropolis Ensemble and presented as part of Beth Morrison Projects’ 2025 PROTOTYPE Festival, In a Grove was named one of the “Best Classical Music of 2025.”
May 15 · Monk Space
Tickets at operafestla.org and at the link in our bio!
Photos by Maria Baranova, courtesy of Beth Morrison Projects’ PROTOTYPE production
Listening parties are back, and our next one will feature Grammy-winning composer Christopher Cerrone at Monk Space on May 15th. The program highlights his recent vocal works, including excerpts from his latest opera, In a Grove, performed by Industry company members, and a chamber piece, Canto Selah commissioned by The Living Earth Show, who will perform it live with singer Tanner Porter.
Commissioned by the LA Opera, Chris describes In a Grove as “something unconventional—a story told over and over again from different perspectives—and marry it to something familiar: music, where themes, repetition, and variation help us navigate and understand this mysterious tale.”
Similarly, Canto Selah explores repetition through the concept of mirrors and their abilty to endlessly reflect and refract. Over the course of the work the singer engages with pre-recorded versions of herself against cascading delays in the guitar and vibraphone, creating a piece that is suspended in time.
Chris first collaborated with The Industry as the composer for Invisible Cities, directed by Industry founder Yuval Sharon in 2013. Currently one of our artistic advisory group members, Chris has since become known for work characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations. We are thrilled to be working alongside him again for this Listening Party, and we hope to see you there!
The Industry’s Spring Listening Parties are presented as part of OperaFest LA, a collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles.
Inside the work of Veronika Krausas.
Live performance meets archival footage in a genre-bending evening shaped by tarot, circus arts, Shakespeare, and the ghost realm.
Part concert, part conversation. Entirely its own world. Don't miss this incredible work this Thursday at 7:30.
@sprungtheater@veronikakrausas@biancasapetto@dpasser@rengram
Footage courtesy of @veronikakrausas , from THE MORTAL THOUGHTS OF LADY MACBETH, a chamber opera by Veronika Krausas. Libretto by Thomas Pettit based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
We’re excited to see everyone tomorrow at the Wallis, where our Artistic & Executive Director, Tim Griffin, will be part of the Future of Opera panel discussion!
@LAOpera Celebrate live music and the arts this Saturday at OperaFest!
A city-wide festival composed of multiple SoCal opera companies, OperaFest is the live music showcase that celebrates an array of musical styles from experimental to traditional grand opera! This Saturday will be the kickoff event, showcasing panels and live performances from rising stars like Grand Prize Winner of Le Concours OSM, Gabrielle Turgeon (@gabrielleturgeonsoprano ) and accomplished pianist & LA Opera Young Artist Sujin Choi (@sujinchoi.piano )! LA Opera’s very own Senior Director of Artistic Planning, Paul Hopper (@paulhopper__ ) will also among several panelists providing insights into the works presented during the festival!
🗓️: THIS Saturday, 4 PM - 6 PM
📍: @thewallisbh at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, California 90210
🎟️: Tickets are available at only $11 (see link in bio)! See you there!
The Industry’s Listening Parties are back, starting next Thursday, April 16th, with Veronika Krausas and Her Rogues’ Gallery!
Please join us at Monk Space for a rollicking spectacle only Veronika could envision — featuring tarot card readings, personalized Shakespearean incantations, and performances by Industry company member Justine Aronson and cellist Derek Stein, along with a live ensemble piece by SPRUNG, Veronika’s three-person artist collective with choreographer/acrobat Bianca Sapetto, and clown/director/comedy conceptor Daniel Passer. We’ll end the evening with a lively conversation between Veronika and Industry Artistic & Executive Director, Tim Griffin.
Festivities begin at 7:30 PM, with activations across the venue at 7:45 PM and music starting at 8:15 PM. Look for the chalk-drawn hopscotch on the sidewalk outside the building and prepare for a fantastical celebration that will bring new inspirations in art to life!
The Industry’s Spring Listening Parties are presented as part of #OperaFestLA, a collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles.
