Building participatory projects

This workshop hopes to inspire participants to start creating their own participatory opera(s).

It challenges us to find the inspiration to think and create the stories we want to hear in the future on stage.

It invites us to put the crucial questions on the table: “ What are the stories we want to hear in the future within the opera? What are the stories and the sound of the opera in our cosmopolitan world, what is the role of the classical singer? ” 

In what way are the young artists going to participate? What will be the format?

Within this project we want to find, hear and create the stories of our global / cosmopolitan world. Unknown stories, which are the basis for new texts and compositions.

Participants will come with ideas for a participatory project and will discuss them with Anthony Heidweiller and other artists who already took part in participatory opera projects. The participants will receive feedback from them. 

In Amsterdam West the participants will meet people from this neighbourhood. For example: the policeman to get to know the stories of the people living there. These stories could become the focus of a participatory opera. This is meant as an example of what a participatory project could be, participants will be invited to continue to develop their own ideas. We will create a safe environment for them. 

Profile of the participants: all creators from all backgrounds and musical genres

Example of a participatory project: BOOM by Dutch National Opera and Anthony Heidweiller (in Dutch).