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

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 [...]

Liceu presents OPERA PRIMA, a new opera co-creation initiative with the Raval neighbourhood Vicomtech - 16th February 2021 Liceu Press Conference: OPERA PRIMA https://youtu.be/H9fPprQem7c On February 1st, Liceu opera house held a press conference about its OPERA PRIMA initiative, which integrates the philosophy and technology developed within the [...]

Second Meeting with the TRACTION ICAT Susannah Fraser – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – 8th February 2021 Highlights from the meeting with the TRACTION ICAT As the second year of project gets into its stride, members of the TRACTION consortium met online for the second time with the project’s [...]

Round table in the International Conference Media4All Pilar Orero – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona This year marks the return of the Media4ALL conference to where it started fifteen years ago: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. This conference provides a platform for all stakeholders, from researchers and developers to analysts, audiences and [...]