INDUSTRY 3

The Industry celebrates the return of its LAB series, in partnership with REDCAT, featuring new works in opera by renowned artists Guillermo E. Brown, Carmina Escobar, and Matana Roberts.

“the leading edge of operatic innovation” —Jeffrey Marlow, Wired

 

For more than a decade, The Industry has created experimental productions that expand opera’s traditional definition, drawing new and diverse artists and audiences to the medium through interdisciplinary collaborations. The Industry LAB series is at the very core of these experiments, inviting artists who have never worked in opera to reexamine its history and orthodoxies—recasting the art form both onstage and in the gallery to reinvent its shape for our time.

LAB artists, following a period of incubation at REDCAT, will present works in the gallery and on the stage across a two-week program. Designed to showcase works in progress, LAB is a celebration of ideas, imagination, and collaborative risk-taking. 

 

Please note: This program contains flashing lights, loud sounds, and mature content. 

 

LAB 2026 is made possible thanks to support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Special support for Guillermo E. Brown’s The Instrument, Romance, Bee Boy is provided by SESAC; and for Carmina Escobar’s Our Voice is Not at the End of Anything by Abby Sher.

 

The Industry’s programming is also supported by Perenchio Foundation, The Audrey Slater Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Amphion Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund, New Music USA, and Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.
 
about the industry

Since its founding in 2010, The Industry has premiered critically acclaimed, site-responsive productions steeped in interdisciplinarity, utilizing opera as a historic platform and prism to bring together artists from different contexts while radically expanding the art form itself. Involving artists and composers from George Lewis, Raven Chacon, and Du Yun to Milka Djordjevich, Moor Mother, and Cannupa Hanska Luger, The Industry’s projects have included Invisible Cities (2013), Hopscotch (2015), Sweet Land (2020), Hive Rise (2021), Star Choir (2023), and, most recently, The Comet / Poppea (2024). The Industry also presents smaller-scale yet artistically ambitious programs, with its record label, films, and public dialogues expanding the reach of all these works. The Industry’s artistic advisors include founder Yuval Sharon, and former co-artistic directors Ash Fure and Malik Gaines. Tim Griffin is the organization’s current Artistic and Executive Director.

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LAB 2026 Pass

See all 3 works for $35!