IS OPERA HERITAGE A BURDEN? - World Opera Forum Short Film

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Unlike theatre and cinema, opera is not so often associated with what is topical and new. Its detractors talk of a ‘museum art’, in the sense of something safely conserved and protected from tampering behind thick glass. Those involved with opera – from those who make it, who fund it, sometimes even those who watch it – wrestle with this question: will the richness and weight of its heritage kill opera?

At the first ever global gathering of opera professionals – the World Opera Forum at Teatro Real in Madrid in April 2018 – a diverse group of artists, composers, opera managers and public administrators met to address the key issues for opera globally. They spent time on the question of how best opera should celebrate the past and look for meaningful breaks with tradition.

Film shot and cut by TM Rives.
Commissioned by Teatro Real Madrid, Opera Europa and Opera America.

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