Butterfly: Open Call for composers to create a brand-new sustainable opera

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Project Butterfly offers the opportunity for music composers to work on a brand-new

sustainable opera

THE OPEN CALL FOR COMPOSERS IS NOW OPEN! 🎺

Project Butterfly is looking for three composers who will be in charge of composing the music for a new sustainable opera.

Project Butterfly wants to highlight the environmental issue of climate change through the production of an opera consisting of three acts dedicated to water, air and earth. The selected composers will work hand in hand with students from Italy, Poland and Finland and attend two artistic residencies in Italy and Poland.

After two years of work, the project will culminate, in May 2025, with the premiere of the newly created opera in the partner theatres (Teatro Comunale di Modena, Opera BOX and Baltic Opera) and online. The final production will strongly rely on advanced digital technologies and showcase the pathways for a more sustainable opera production.

⚡Production budget, travel and accommodation expenses will be covered

⚡ Honorarium (11,000 EUR in total) will be given to each composer

⚡ Composers who are legal residents in the countries within the Creative Europe Framework can apply

⚡ Final Performances in Italy, Finland and Poland

⚡ The chosen composer will create the opera score side by side with the librettist

Composers who are legal residents in the countries within the Creative Europe framework can apply starting from June 19, 2023, until September 17, 2023.

ℹ️ Visit our website for more information about eligibility, conditions, financial support and application.

Apply here!

What is there for artists?

About the Project

Co-funded by the European Commission under the Creative Europe programme, Project Butterfly: boosting environmental awareness in opera creation, aims to create a new attitude towards sustainability in theatre and opera houses by exploring new green practices related to opera production and circulation.

The project seeks to create a new attitude towards sustainability by exploring new green practices related to the entire process of opera production and circulation in theatres and opera houses. To do so, the project will go through the entire process of opera co-creation and co-production of a sustainable opera – from the opera commission to the public attendance and the sharing of the sustainable practices experimented, with a particular focus on engaging young audiences throughout the whole process.

The Project is implemented by a Consortium led by Teatro Comunale di Modena, one of the leading opera houses among the Italian “Teatri di Tradizione”. The Consortium is joined by two other opera theatres - Opera BOX from Finland and the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk (Poland). The non-profit association AESS from Italy will bring its expertise in sustainable practices, while Heimspiel, the agency for digital storytelling formats from Augsburg (Germany), will lead the audiovisual production part of the project. CUMEDIAE, a Brussels-based international non-profit agency providing consultancy services in the field of CCIs European-wide, will ensure the project’s communication, engagement with stakeholders and allow for its widest dissemination.

We are excited to start this new Journey of creation and discovery and hope you will join us! Please, help us spread the word, subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social media to stay updated!

Butterfly Project Team

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