Julia Holter
Artist in Residence
Julia Holter is a composer, performer, and recording artist based in Los Angeles. She has performed at venues and festivals throughout Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, and has had pieces commissioned by and/or has performed with ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Stargaze Orchestra.
PROJECT:
An operatic staging of Julia Holter’s album “Tragedy”, based on Euripides’ “Hippolytus”, in which the wrath of an angry goddess leads to a series of misunderstandings and deaths. The original recording was inspired by classical imagery—statues and ruins—and was made with the intention of eventually being performed theatrically.
IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS:
“As artists who work across different disciplines—Yelena Zhelezov with a focus on video and performing sculptures, Zoe Aja Moore with a focus on theater and performance, and Julia Holter as a musician —we are excited to work together to realize the vision of Tragedy as an opera. A Residency at NS turns this vision into a reality.”
