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Does opera matter? Does it have a future?

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We think opera is extraordinary and we want to show how co-creation is at the heart of its future

Co-creating opera

Community dialogue

O Tempo (Somos Nós) told a philosophical story of separation, temptation and imprisonment in which the married lovers stay faithful and are reunited at the end. O Tempo (Somos Nós)

The co-creation process

The stage floor of La Gata Perduda was based on a map of Raval, painted outdoors in the neighbourhood by local artists and students. La Gata Perduda

The social impact

The value of community art, like life itself, is determined by progress in areas such as relationships, learning, communication, self- knowledge and possibility. O Tempo (Somos Nós)

Benefits for society

There was a place for everyone who wanted to sing in La Gata Perduda, though not always the place they thought they wanted. La Gata Perduda

Working with technology

An artistic coherence was achieved because each person performed out of the truth of their experience, in the confidence of one another’s respect. O Tempo (Somos Nós)

Artists, technologists and researchers worked with communities to co-create three innovative operas

The exploratory operas

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Barcelona

A big scale community opera production

La Gata Perduda

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Portugal

Community opera in a youth training prison

O Tempo (Somos nós)

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Ireland

The world’s first VR Community Opera

Out of the Ordinary

This website will tell you what we did, what we learnt and what it could mean for you. 

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Getting Started

In co-creation, what matters first is the quality of the journey. It should be enjoyable, meaningful and rewarding in itself, irrespective of the destination. O Tempo (Somos Nós)

Guiding Principles

In Leiria youth prison, inmates performed with their relatives at key points in the opera. O Tempo (Somos Nós)

Resources

Liceu El Cabaret de La Gata

Technology

Opera loves innovation as much as it loves tradition, and it has always adapted to new technologies. Out of the Ordinary/ As an nGnách
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”
Lampedusa, The Leopard (1958)