Opera – A Restless Art

The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 3

In the previous post, I outlined a range of resources that professional artists can draw on in their work, including

This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at

In March, I posted a question on Twitter about co-creation. What do artists mean by ‘co-creation’? I’m writing about the

Ten days ago, at home in France, I watched a live stream of a performance happening in Portugal. Nós. Vocês. Toda

The clue’s in the name: participatory art happens when people get to participate. The closure of cinemas, theatres and music

The pandemic has caused all sorts of trouble to the Traction project, as it has to everything and everyone, everywhere.

The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on

In October, I wrote about a community opera being created in County Durham that had been stopped just weeks before

About five years ago, a group of musicians and academics set up an international research platform to foster understanding of the social