IN T HE W IN G S
James Darrah production of Les Enfants Terrible at Opera Omaha’s ONE Festival
LONG BEACH OPERA continues its unconventional ways under new artistic director James Darrah with a pair of productions. Philip Glass’ chamber opera Les Enfants Terribles is presented May 21-23 as a live drive-in cinematheque, with audience members in their vehicles atop a parking garage at shopping-dining destination 2nd and PCH. Christopher Rountree conducts; choreography is by Chris Emile. The company also unveils the eight-part digital series In Desert, co-created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, playwright/screenwriter Christopher Oscar Peña and Darrah, and co-produced with Boston Lyric Opera. Each episode of the miniseries-like narrative pairs a different acclaimed screenwriter and composer; it’s slated for release on operabox.tv in June. 562.470.7464, longbeachopera.org
6 PERFORMANCES SPRING 2021
ADAM LARSEN
drive-in, in desert
