[ecrea] Web Opera call - Opera and the Media of the Future

Opera and the Media of the Future

A Sussex/Glyndebourne Research Initiative



The Centre for Research in Opera and Music Theatre at the University of 
Sussex announces a new research project with Glyndebourne Opera, to be 
initiated by a two-day event which will be held at Glyndebourne on 24th 
& 25th October, 2014.



Opera and the Media of the Future will bring together academics and 
opera professionals to consider the impact of opera cinecasts upon the 
way that audiences engage with opera today, and to look ahead to see how 
new digital, web-based and mobile media platforms might shape the future 
forms of opera.



Commission

We are pleased to announce a modest commission for a small web-based 
opera work to be ‘premiered’ at the conference in October. If accepted, 
this piece will be hosted by the Sussex Reframe website 
(http://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/) (or similar). It should be ready for 
testing by the 10th of October and will ‘go live’ on the 23rd.



Deadline for submission of proposals is 3rd July 2014. Results will be 
announced on July 17th. There will be an all-inclusive commission fee of 
£500.



The Brief:

This ‘opera’ will exist online. It will be encountered by its audience 
via a website. You may include mobile technology if you wish. The opera 
may be any duration (including very short, as this is only a modest 
commission) or may not be time-based at all. It may have interactive 
elements. There will ideally be something to see, and something to hear. 
Preference will be given to the most innovative re-imaginations of the 
operatic form for this medium. You should consider the following questions:

· What does opera ‘mean’ on this scale and through this medium?

· How can you engage your audience?

· What is your work’s relation to the ‘live’?

· In what sense is it ‘operatic’ – eg are there elements of traditional 
opera such as singing, plot, spectacle, scenography, etc? Have you 
significantly re-imagined these elements?

· Is there a sense (real or implied) that the opera is happening in a 
real place to which we are linked via the internet or is it taking place 
entirely in virtual space?



Please send via email, with subject heading ‘Web Opera Proposal’:

* · Proposal (500 words)
* · Description of your technical needs (max 500 words)
* · CV

To: Evelyn Ficarra <(e.j.ficarra /at/ sussex.ac.uk)>




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