Production Design & Scenic Design
Scenic Design
EARTH EARS​
​
Music by Pauline Oliveros
Directed by James Darrah
Music Director Christopher Rountree
Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
Produced by Long Beach Opera, 2024
​
On December 15, 2024, our audience embarked on a transformative journey with us as we launched our year-long celebration of revolutionary composer, Pauline Oliveros. This exclusive daytime event offered an intimate introduction to her bold, ritualistic works, centered around Earth Ears: A Sonic Ritual—a meditative, interactive text score that invited performers and audience members to engage in a profound act of communal Deep Listening. This special one-time-only performance was a uniquely immersive experience that set the stage for an exploration of sound, listening, and daring new ideas.
For the inaugural show, Long Beach Opera staged a one-time only daytime performance of Oliveros’ Earth Ears: A Sonic Ritual, centered on the composer’s philosophy of deep listening. Artistic Director and Chief Creative Officer of Long Beach Opera, James Darrah, tells PAPER of the performance: “Earth Ears was an opera but also a ritual, an experience and a group incantation that marked a new beginning. As the sun set over the ocean, all collectively were equal participants and shepherds of Oliveros’ sound world and witness to the magic her works can conjure.”
​
Scenic Design by Prairie T. Trivuth
Costume Design by Chrisi Karvonides
Lighting Design by Kaitlin Trimble​
​
Photographs: Jason Altaan, Prairie T. Trivuth
