Modern Opera Company was founded in NYC in 2018 as a place to showcase diverse musical talent. In the winter of 2020, the focus was shifted to presenting new works by local composers and staging these works in a small theater on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. When Covid hit, we closed our doors and had no idea if or when we would continue our work. After a cross-country move, the company has spent the last two years re-branding and rebuilding in Los Angeles California.
In the summer of 2024, we successfully crowdfunded and produced our first workshop production of MARY - A Musical, by Gayla Morgan and Jean Mornard. The show was presented as a semi-staged reading at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood, CA.
Our next project will be announced shortly and is slated to premiere in October, 2025.
Our company seeks to enhance the musical and theatrical landscape of Southern California by providing an intimate space to workshop new operas and musical theater pieces, focusing extensively on creators from marginalized communities. We wish to be a safe place of connection for composers and performers to realize their artistic goals for works in progress.
Our vision is to promote new operatic and musical theater works while showcasing the diverse, passionate, local talent in the Los Angeles area.
Learn More: https://www.modernoperacompany.com