OPERA IN A PRISON – with TRACTION technology May 26th 2021 Mozart Pavilion Project - Performance “Só Zerlina ou Cosi fan Tutte?”.  Grand Auditorium of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, July 2018. Integrating former inmates back into society is one of the most significant challenges faced in the entirety of [...]

Science, technology and humanities or science and digital humanities? TRACTION at Faberllull Mar Brescia Zapata, 13th May 2021 Faberllull is a network of residences located in the cities of Olot (Catalonia) and La Massana (Andorra) which focus on the Arts, Sciences and Humanities. Faberllull is managed by the Ramon Llull Institute, in [...]

Inauguration of the Mozart Pavilion using the Co-creation Stage 26th April 2021 On January 8th 2021, the doors to the Mozart Pavilion – Centre for Performing Arts, opened for the first time in the Estabelecimento Prisional de Leiria - Jovens (EPL-J). The event marked a momentous occasion for [...]

The Event-packed annals of the Gran Teatre del LiceuJaume Tribó – El Liceu – April 12thThe pointer maestro Jaume Tribó in his shell during a performance of Il burbero di buon cuore, Barcelona 2012All the world's leading opera houses have shown an interest in rediscovering their past. Nearly all the [...]

Producing a community opera in shifting sands James Bingham – Irish National Opera 22nd March, 2021 Session 3 of the writing workshops with Dave Lordan and the rural school students “If I wanted to do this I wouldn’t have started from here.” Irish National Opera’s Artistic Director, [...]

Traction pilot activities Testing the mediavault and performance engine Authors: Alina Striner, Thomas Rӧggla, Stefano Masneri, Mikel Zorrilla, Irene Calvis, Paulo Lameiro, Pedro Almeida and Pablo Cesar 5th March 2021 A main goal of the TRACTION project is to use technology to support co-creation and consumption of opera [...]