With this Call for Composition Proposals, the Butterfly Project intends to identify and select three composers, to write a three acts opera, in Italian, Polish and Finnish, dedicated to the theme of environmental sustainability. The opera is to be commissioned by Teatro Comunale di Modena (Włochy), Opera Bałtycka, (Gdansk, Poland) and Opera Box (Helsinki, Finland).
The other partners in the project are: AESS (Agency for Energy and Sustainable Development Association) Modena, Italy; Heimspiel GmbH, Augsburg, Germany; CUMEDIAE Culture & Media Agency Europe, Bruxelles, Belgium.
INFO: Teatro Comunale di Modena, Italy; spettacoli[at]teatrocomunalemodena.it.
The opera created within PROJECT BUTTERFLY will combine three acts of thirty minutes each (one for each country), made up of three stories dedicated to an environmental theme: water, earth and air. The co-production will involve three composers, one from each project partner’s opera house.
The conception of the work will begin with a współtworzenia implemented by high school students in three partners’ countries – Italy, Poland and Finland. The selected authors of the opera will work hand-in-hand with the creative team and the artistic directors of the project within two rezydencji artystycznych we Włoszech i w Polsce. Po dwóch latach pracy, w maju 2025 roku, projekt zwieńczy premiera nowo napisanej opery w teatrach partnerskich i za pośrednictwem Internetu. Na potrzeby produkcji zostaną wykorzystane w znacznym stopniu zaawansowane technologie cyfrowe. Będzie ona prezentować możliwe ścieżki bardziej zrównoważonej produkcji operowej.
The opera will be written after 2 co-creation cycle of webinars with high school students.
The first cycle of webinars will help students to find a subject for the opera: environment Agencies and experts in every city of each theatre partner will provide knowledge to the students helping to find subjects suitable for writing a story.
The second cycle of webinars will guide the students into the creative writing of a story. The literary author (lyricist) from each theatre will help each group of students to turn its subject into a story suitable for an opera libretto. The opera lyricists will turn the story into a libretto.
Proposals in reply to this Call can be accepted between June 19, 2023 until September 30, 2023, h.11:59pm CET.
The Selection Committee may decide a postponement of the closing date, in which case such decision will be announced before the deadline on the home page of the project’s website www.projectbutterfly.eu).
Participants may expect a communication of results by October 31, 2023.
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This Call is addressed to music composers who, at the time of application, fulfill the following requirements:
The selection will be mainly based upon the quality of the composition presented, as detailed below. However, the Selection Committee may consider a supplementary merit the specific experience or connection of the applicant within the musical scenes of Italy, Poland or Finland, including performances in its theaters. The personal experience of the candidate will be assessed in order to evaluate his/her ability to best participate in the project and in its related activities.
The 3 winning composers will write a composition to be performed jointly in a single opera in Modena, Gdansk, and Helsinki and streamed online.
Each composer will receive a 11,000€ gross fee
Fees will include performing rights (including online streaming), and printed scores free of rights.
On acceptance of their commission, the selected composers will ratify in writing the following commitments:
– 30 minutes lengths;
– ensemble: 12 musicians| cast: 6 lyric singers (spoken parts may be included);
– conductor score, orchestra parts, vocal score by November 2024.
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