Adoration
Composer:
MARY KOUYOUMDJIAN
Librettist:
ROYCE VAVREK
Bhutto
Composer:
MOHAMMED FAIROUZ
Librettist:
MOHAMMED HANIF AND MOHAMMED FAIROUZ
A New Opera by Sarah Kirkland Snider
Composer & Librettist:
SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER
Director:
ELKHANAH PULITZER
Projection Designer:
DEBORAH JOHNSON
Performance of Self
Creator & Composer:
JODIE LANDAU
Director & Designer:
PEABODY SOUTHWELL
Sensorium Ex
Composer:
PAOLA PRESTINI
Librettist:
BRENDA SHAUGNESSY
Star Singer
Composer:
JUHI BANSAL
Librettist:
NEIL AITKEN
Director:
RACHEL DICKSTEIN
The Slaying of Innocence
Co-creator:
ERIC ANDERSON
Co-creator:
SEAN EVELYN/ "TRUTH"
Co-creator:
WAYLAND COLEMAN
Composer:
GRACE GALU
Librettist:
MAHOGANY L. BROWNE
Music Director:
ANDRÉ DE QUADROS
The Great Soviet Bucket
Director & Visual Design:
SANDRA POWERS
Featuring:
TIMUR AND THE DIME MUSEUM
The Old Man and The Sea
Composer:
PAOLA PRESTINI
Librettist:
ROYCE VAVREK
Director:
KARMINA ŠILEC
Music Director:
MILA HENRY
![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)