Source/Filter returns to Heritage Square Museum for another unforgettable immersive Halloween experience! The evening begins with Big Deaths—a haunted house-style tour of operatic murder scenes, with each vignette unfolding in a different room of Heritage Square’s historic homes. Audiences will then make their way to the museum’s eerie Victorian church for the West Coast debut of Michael Ching’s haunting opera Alice Ryley—the tragic true story of the first woman hanged in colonial America, whose ghost is said to haunt Savannah’s town square to this day. Together, these works create a cinematic fusion of ghost stories, historical drama, and operatic spectacle.

HERITAGE SQUARE HOMES (BIG DEATHS SCENES)

LINCOLN AVENUE CHURCH (ALICE RYLEY)

Founded in 2022 by a collective of local artists, Source/Filter Music Collective is dedicated to creating innovative musical projects in Los Angeles that showcase the talents of local musicians and performing artists. Since its founding, Source/Filter has produced concerts featuring seldom-xperformed works by beloved composers such as Shostakovich, alongside entirely new compositions by Los Angeles-based creators.

Source/Filter’s 2024-25 season redefined immersive opera with Sancta Susanna, transforming the rarely performed work into a chilling, site-specific horror experience and Little Deaths, a sensual journey through opera’s most intimate and electrifying moments at West Hollywood’s iconic Pleasure Chest Store. As a female-led organization, we are committed to reimagining the classical music landscape in Los Angeles, creating performances that are bold, inclusive, and unforgettable.

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