Salon article: Opera on the Brink

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Hot off the press! Carla Lucero was just featured in a piece for Salon, by Nicholas Liu. She was interviewed, along with such luminaries as Christopher Koelsch, CEO/President of LA Opera, and Peter Gelb, General Manager of The Met. The piece explores the role of new operas in revitalizing the art form.

Opera on the brink: Can new compositions return the art to its popular roots?

An 8 - episode podcast! Carla Lucero was recently interviewed by super-soprano and interviewer-extraordinaire, Nanette McGuinness, for the wonderful podcast For Good Measure. The 8 episodes cover lots of ground - professional and personal. Check it out!

Carla Lucero - Part 1 - For Good Measure

Wonderful review of Melisa Bonetti Luna's concert at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, featuring my music and other Bay Area composers!

Special Program at the Legion of Honor Presents Latine Composers

The Everywhere of Her - an educational music drama with book and lyrics by Velina Hasu Houston and music by Carla Lucero, was commissioned and produced by The Ebell of Los Angeles and premiered March 2023 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre under the direction of Judy Louise Johnson and music direction of Mercedes Juan Musotto. It starred Maria Elena Altany, I-Chin (Betty) Feinblatt and Regan Carrington, with cellist Helen Z. Altenbach and Mercedes Juan Musotto accompanying on piano. 

Indie Opera Podcast Show 87: Carla Lucero and Dr. Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, The Three Women of Jerusalem

Carla Lucero, cast and creative team interviewed on the set of Lucero’s opera, Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén (The Three Women of Jerusalem) that premiered with LA Opera at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in March 2022. This opera is the first in the cycle of five operas, “Song of LA”, which will be featured during the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles!

Composer interview for West Edge Opera's "Snapshot" series.