The publication examines the opera El Imperio de la Luz, conceived and created by Maestro Diego Barbosa-Vásquez, which was the recipient of an innovation award jointly granted by the Jacobs School of Music and the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University on February 6, 2021. The publication further details Maestro Barbosa-Vásquez’s decisive leadership throughout the development of the opera and his artistic and structural relationship as one of the co-creators.