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
A congratulations to our own dear Beth Morrison on her well-deserved Honorary Doctorate from Boston Conservatory. Alongside dancer Moses Pendleton, Morrision will be recognized for her “decades of professional achievement and artistic influence in opera” as a “relentless innovator” and “champion of the performing arts.”
From the Archive: PRECIPICE — an intimate story of a woman’s struggle in America’s mountain west, with a score inspired by American folk music, art song, and the sounds of nature, which premiered in PROTOTYPE 2026.
We chatted with @jens.ibsen after the world premiere of his work at The All Sing: Whale Road (Hwael-Rād) at Prototype 2026.
CHECK OUT THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE AT OUR LINK IN BIO!
This year, a chorus of New Yorkers joined us in Times Square and raised their voices together in song, alongside musicians from bands including Imperial Triumphant, Pyrrhon, and Skinny Puppy.
Jens Ibsen, Music @jens.ibsen
Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Libretto @julianbrolaski
Edwin Outwater, Music Director @eoutwater
From the Archive: What to wear. Today we’re remembering the iconic, absurd masterpiece that was Richard Foreman’s What to Wear, which had a sold out run in PROTOTYPE 2026. Name a show with more ducks, we’ll wait!
One last round up of the incredible shows that made up this year’s historic PROTOYPE Festival! To everyone who sang, laughed, cried, and partied with us, thank you. See you next year!
Photo Credit:
Slides 1-2 by Juan Patino
Slides 3-8 by Maria Baranova
Slides 9-10 by Jill Steinberg
And just like that, PROTOTYPE 2026 comes to a close. We’re so grateful to all the artists, creative teams, staff, interns, and audiences who sold out this PROTOTYPE Festival. This year was one for the books — featuring the revival of the absurd masterpiece WHAT TO WEAR, the stunning, celestial HILDEGARD, the intimate, folk-inspired PRECIPICE, the eclectic art salon ART BATH, the immersive cabaret TIERGARTEN, the collective, joyous ALL SING, and the highlight reel that was BMP: SONGBOOK, celebrating 20 years of BMP.
NYTimes: “Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman’s ‘What to Wear’ at BAM is a visually rich, textually odd work — and a hot commodity.” Running at BAM through January 18th. Read the article at the link in bio.
Photos by Maria Baranova @photo_by_baranova
