What You Get When You Cross Opera With Prestige TV

“Desert In is an operatic experiment. Co-produced by Long Beach Opera and by Boston Lyric Opera, which commissioned the work, the eight-episode streaming miniseries is the brainchild of LBO Artistic Director … James Darrah, composer Ellen Reid and [playwright christopher oscar] peña. … Episodes,” each with a different composer and scriptwriters, “are just 15 to 20 minutes long, but each packs a hefty dramatic and artistic punch — operatic excess redu