Holy Sun Opera House x Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs

KCRW and 2220 Arts presents a night with Holy Sun Opera House and Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs! **Holy Sun Opera House** creates emotionally engaging and haunting symphonic music embellished by electronics, heavy drums and synthesizers. Led by soprano and drummer Krissy Barker with composer dl Salo, the group features a revolving cast of collaborators, singers and performers. They have been described as “Opera Cult” and as one who would play at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks. Their debut album, *The Holy Sun Opera House*, is an etherial journey that blends electro, darkwave and contemporary classical. It has been featured on KCRW and in The Wire Magazine. **Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs** is a composer working in site-responsive performance, installation, recorded sound, and object-making. Her work has been presented by the LA Phil; Getty Center; ICA, LA; the Broad; MoCA; Hammer Museum; High Desert Test Sites (Joshua Tree); and featured in Artforum.com, Frieze.com, X-TRA, New York Times Magazine and. recently The New York Times. She leads two choral groups and a band called Bouquet, described as “Heady” by Under the Radar Magazine, “Best New Music” by KCRW, and “prismatic…perfection” by KEXP. In 2025, she published new writing in WITCH Anthology edited by Michelle Tea on Dopamine Books, an imprint of Semiotext(e). ~ *Image credit: Elizabeth Weinberg*