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FEDORA Prizes Biennale Unveils 2025 Winners

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The FEDORA Prizes Biennale has announced its 2025 winners. The Opera Prize and 100,000 euros went to “The Curing Line,” a multi-platform project by Straymaker that “explores themes of interconnectivity, loss of culture and environmental collapse through the story of a woman who inherits a life-saving cure but loses her capacity to use it.” The work is created by Michael {…}

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2025 FEDORA Prizes Biennale Announces Opera Jury

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FEDORA has selected jury members to evaluate the applicants for its Prizes Biennale 2025. The opera jury, composed of eight opera experts, is chaired by former CEO of Royal Swedish Opera, Birgitta Svendén. Jury members are Pierre Audi the Festival of Aix-en-Provence’s General Director, composer Alex Ho, CEO of the Royal Danish Theatre Kasper Holten, Iva Hraste-Sočo the General Manager {…}

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FEDORA Unveils Nominees for Prizes Biennale 2025

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FEDORA has announced the nominees for its 2025 crowdfunding campaign. Here is a breakdown of the categories and nominees: Nominees of the FEDORA Opera Prize  with the support of The Silver Company and in collaboration with Opera Europa “Between Two Lights”, led by Netherlands Chamber Choir (Netherlands) “Hôtel Moctezuma,” led by Opéra Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie (France) “The Curing {…}

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FEDORA Announces Launch of the Nominee Phase for 2021 Prizes

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FEDORA has announced the launch of the nominee phase for its 2021 prizes. Jury nominees in the opera category belong to Kaija Saariaho and Sofi Oksanen’s “Innocence” in a co-production by Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera & Ballet, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and San Francisco Opera; Jamie Man and Peter Stamm’s “Zelle, wenn es dunkel wird” {…}

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FEDORA Opera Prize Winner ‘The Curing Line’ Set to World Premiere in Ireland

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FEDORA Prizes will present the world premiere of “The Curing Line,” winner of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2025, at Kilkenny Arts Festival’s Watergate Theatre in Ireland this August. Irish music-theatre company Straymaker presents the work, composed by Michael Gallen and co-directed by Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern. The immersive, multi-platform opera blends traditional sean-nós singing, industrial soundscapes, and techno music to explore {…}

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FEDORA Announces Nominees for 2025 Awards

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FEDORA has announced the nominees for its 2025 prizes. This year’s Opera Prize nominees include “Hôtel Moctezuma,” which is inspired by works by Vivaldi and Alejo Carpentier. It is characterized as an “existential multilingual opera-thriller on the representation of women, decolonization, and climate change.” As of this writing, the work has reached half of its 10,000 euro goal. It is {…}

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FEDORA Earns Renewed Financial Support from European Commission

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FEDORA Platform has received renewed financial support from the European Commission. The organization has been awarded €2.8 million until 2028, allowing the platform to continue collaborations with 37 opera houses across 16 countries and over 60 partner institutions. “We are delighted to announce that the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission has renewed its support for the FEDORA Platform, {…}

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Rail Europe Joins FEDORA to Encourage Access to Opera & Dance in Europe

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Rail Europe, Europe’s leading train ticketing platform, has joined the FEDORA community as a corporate member. The groups join forces to encourage sustainable and eco-friendly mobility to boost access to the performing arts across Europe. Convenient rail connections are open to several opera houses, dance companies, and festivals within Rail Europe’s 70 + country network. “What we very much like {…}