Today, OPERA America announced Tania León as a recipient of the 2026 OPERA America Commission Grant for Women Composers. The Industry in Los Angeles will present the world premiere performance, slated for Fall 2028, with direction by The Industry’s artistic co-director emeritus Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade. It will be The Industry’s first production in Spanish. Grants totaling $135,000 will promote the development of new work by women-identifying composers and bring visibility to women composers across the field.

The Industry will premiere Si me tocaras el corazón (“If You Touched My Heart”), a new opera composed by Tania León based on the eponymous short story published in 1989 by renowned Chilean American author Isabel Allende. When the wealthy, socially prominent Amadeo Peralta engages in a torrid affair with the young Hortensia, putting his political career at great risk, he decides to keep the episode out of public view by “entombing” her in a dungeon-like cellar for decades. Eventually, the citizenry of Peralta's town rescues Hortensia and swiftly convicts Amadeo, who nevertheless shows no remorse — leaving the townspeople to consider how they ever allowed themselves to become so ensnared in this web of desire, secrecy, and neglect. With its epic sense of cultural stakes, Si me tocaras el corazón offers a haunting portrait of moral decay, judgment, and culpability. The librettist for the piece will be announced soon.

You can learn more about the announcement HERE.

Today, OPERA America announced Tania León as a recipient of the 2026 OPERA America Commission Grant for Women Composers. The Industry in Los Angeles will present the world premiere performance, slated for Fall 2028, with direction by The Industry’s artistic co-director emeritus Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade. It will be The Industry’s first production in Spanish. Grants totaling $135,000 will promote the development of new work by women-identifying composers and bring visibility to women composers across the field.

The Industry will premiere Si me tocaras el corazón (“If You Touched My Heart”), a new opera composed by Tania León based on the eponymous short story published in 1989 by renowned Chilean American author Isabel Allende. When the wealthy, socially prominent Amadeo Peralta engages in a torrid affair with the young Hortensia, putting his political career at great risk, he decides to keep the episode out of public view by “entombing” her in a dungeon-like cellar for decades. Eventually, the citizenry of Peralta's town rescues Hortensia and swiftly convicts Amadeo, who nevertheless shows no remorse — leaving the townspeople to consider how they ever allowed themselves to become so ensnared in this web of desire, secrecy, and neglect. With its epic sense of cultural stakes, Si me tocaras el corazón offers a haunting portrait of moral decay, judgment, and culpability. The librettist for the piece will be announced soon.

You can learn more about the announcement HERE.

Today, OPERA America announced Tania León as a recipient of the 2026 OPERA America Commission Grant for Women Composers. The Industry in Los Angeles will present the world premiere performance, slated for Fall 2028, with direction by The Industry’s artistic co-director emeritus Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade. It will be The Industry’s first production in Spanish. Grants totaling $135,000 will promote the development of new work by women-identifying composers and bring visibility to women composers across the field.

The Industry will premiere Si me tocaras el corazón (“If You Touched My Heart”), a new opera composed by Tania León based on the eponymous short story published in 1989 by renowned Chilean American author Isabel Allende. When the wealthy, socially prominent Amadeo Peralta engages in a torrid affair with the young Hortensia, putting his political career at great risk, he decides to keep the episode out of public view by “entombing” her in a dungeon-like cellar for decades. Eventually, the citizenry of Peralta's town rescues Hortensia and swiftly convicts Amadeo, who nevertheless shows no remorse — leaving the townspeople to consider how they ever allowed themselves to become so ensnared in this web of desire, secrecy, and neglect. With its epic sense of cultural stakes, Si me tocaras el corazón offers a haunting portrait of moral decay, judgment, and culpability. The librettist for the piece will be announced soon.

You can learn more about the announcement HERE.

Today, OPERA America announced Tania León as a recipient of the 2026 OPERA America Commission Grant for Women Composers. The Industry in Los Angeles will present the world premiere performance, slated for Fall 2028, with direction by The Industry’s artistic co-director emeritus Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade. It will be The Industry’s first production in Spanish. Grants totaling $135,000 will promote the development of new work by women-identifying composers and bring visibility to women composers across the field.

The Industry will premiere Si me tocaras el corazón (“If You Touched My Heart”), a new opera composed by Tania León based on the eponymous short story published in 1989 by renowned Chilean American author Isabel Allende. When the wealthy, socially prominent Amadeo Peralta engages in a torrid affair with the young Hortensia, putting his political career at great risk, he decides to keep the episode out of public view by “entombing” her in a dungeon-like cellar for decades. Eventually, the citizenry of Peralta's town rescues Hortensia and swiftly convicts Amadeo, who nevertheless shows no remorse — leaving the townspeople to consider how they ever allowed themselves to become so ensnared in this web of desire, secrecy, and neglect. With its epic sense of cultural stakes, Si me tocaras el corazón offers a haunting portrait of moral decay, judgment, and culpability. The librettist for the piece will be announced soon.

You can learn more about the announcement HERE.