World Premiere & Tour
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
November 4, 2023 at ASU Gammage
February 10, 2024 at Carolina Performing Arts
World Premiere
ADORATION
January 11-21, 2024 at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
PROTOTYPE Festival 2024
East Coast Premiere
ANGEL ISLAND
January 11-13, 2024 at Brooklyn Academy of Music
PROTOTYPE Festival 2024
World Tour
BOOK OF MOUNTAINS AND SEAS
November 3-4, 2023 at New Vision Arts Festival in Hong Kong
January 26-28, 2024 at Chicago Opera Theater
April 6-7, 2024 at Stanford Live
April 10-14, 2024 at BroadStage with LA Opera
April 19-21, 2024 at ArtsEmerson
![The West Coast premiere of TRADE/MARY MOTORHEAD marked another successful addition to the rich legacy of collaborative efforts between Beth Morrison Projects and LA Opera (@laopera)! We're looking back at some of our favorite productions over the years to celebrate!
DOG DAYS - DOG DAYS marked the first production of the whirlwind partnership in 2015. Hailed by the New York Times as a riveting, soon-to-be “groundbreaking American classic,” the post-apocalyptic tragedy made waves at its LAO presentation and put BMP on the West Coast map.
P R I S M - P R I S M marked another milestone in our joint history. Not only did Ellen Reid’s (@ellenreidmusic) debut opera make its world premiere with LA Opera at REDCAT (@calartsredcat), but this collaborative project would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2019. It was a major development for BMP, LAO, and, of course, Ellen Reid, who “[took] her place among the host of promising young American opera composers” (The Financial Times).
ANGEL'S BONE - Another Pulitzer Prize-winning BMP production, ANGEL'S BONE, was planned as part of the 2020 season. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the presentation pivoted, becoming the first in our history to be presented digitally. The show was streamed by 20,000 people, demonstrating the strength and resilience of our bond with LAO.
TRADE/MARY MOTORHEAD - Finally, Emma O’Halloran’s (@emmamohalloran) TRADE/Mary Motorhead made its West Coast premiere last month at REDCAT. We're thrilled to celebrate another year of BMP and LAO sharing boundary-pushing, cutting-edge opera with this incredible production starring Naomi Louisa O’Connell (@naomi_louisa_oconnell), Marc Kudisch (@marckudisch), and Kyle Bielfield (@bielfield)!](https://bethmorrisonprojects.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)