literary/operatic pairing of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther with Schubert's Winterreise. He mounted the world premiere of Fallujah, based on post-traumatic testimonials by Iraq War veterans and a joint project with New York City Opera. Mitisek also conceived the staging of operas in novel sites beginning with Grigory Frid’s The Diary of Anne Frank in a parking garage. He literally floated Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice on the water of Long Beach’s Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool. And he presented Terezín composer Viktor Ullmann's The Emperor of Atlantis inside the hull the retired ocean liner Queen Mary. Mitisek produced the world premiere of Anthony Davis’ The Central Park Five, an opera that won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2020. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic LBO turned to virtual programming, including a series of Community Conversations and a seminar on music history and social justice activism through the arts. In November 2020, LBO held The 2020 Songbook, a virtual fundraiser event that featured 20 world premiere pieces from emerging composers. The pieces were centered thematically around the year 2020 and incorporated a variety of styles. External links Long Beach Opera Long Beach Opera Repertoire References Culture of Long Beach, California Opera companies in Los Angeles Musical groups established in 1979 1979 establishments in California