Renowned theater, opera, film and festival director Peter Sellars receives an honorary doctorate from CalArts during Friday’s (May 18) graduation ceremony. Sellars, who was honored last month with an Opera…
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‘Crescent City’ Rising: New Hyperopera Debuts in LA
The Industry, a new experimental opera company created by CalArts alum Laura Kay Swanson (Theater MFA 10) and partner Yuval Sharon, brings more than 50 artists from a number of…
Continue reading »Film Fridays: MOTH, an Opera
The Film Fridays segment appears every Friday and features films and videos from students, faculty and alumni of the six schools at CalArts. Today’s Film Fridays selection is a trailer…
Continue reading »Excerpts from ‘Crescent City’ Opera at the Industry Launch Event
The Industry, a new LA-based, theatrical production company, hosts a launch event tonight at Royal-T in Culver City that features excerpts from its inaugural production: Crescent City, a new opera…
Continue reading »Oresteia—Iannis Xenakis’ Opera—Staged for The Wild Beast Concert Series on Sunday
CalArts hosts the West Coast premiere of Iannis Xenakis’ rarely staged opera, Oresteia, on Sunday, Nov. 7 at The Wild Beast Pavilion. The expatriated Greek/French-naturalized composer and architect (1922-2001) is…
Continue reading »Basement Wagner Series at Machine Project Begins Saturday
The Echo Park-based art collective Machine Project presents the series Basement Wagner: A brief history of the Bayreuther Festspiele beginning Saturday (June 5) evening. It’s being held in conjunction with…
Continue reading »John King’s Dice Thrown at CalArts this Weekend
John King’s Dice Thrown begins its two-day run at CalArts tomorrow (April 23-24). Based on the visual poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” by Stéphane Mallarmé, the…
Continue reading »Heard @ CalArts: Lunchtime with Ravel
One of last week’s noon concerts in the Institute’s Main Gallery featured vocalists from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts. We caught a few songs from Maurice Ravel’s…
Continue reading »World Premiere of John King’s Dice Thrown Opera to Bow at CalArts in April
Composer and CalArts alumnus John King (Music BFA 76) returned to campus last week to help prepare for the World Premiere of his contemporary opera Dice Thrown, scheduled for April…
Continue reading »Anne LeBaron’s and Douglas Kearney’s Sucktion Performed in Sweden
Anne LeBaron, harpist, composer and faculty member in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, recently returned from a futurist music festival in Malmö, Sweden, where she and Critical…
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