Virtually Opera
Mission Statement | Five Year Plan
I founded Virtually Opera in order to explore cinematically-filmed opera. In an age of livecasts and music videos, I wanted to make work that adapted opera for the screen like the musicals I loved watching as a child. Since 2014, we've:
- made films of classic arias for Series 1 and Series 2
- reinvented the Liederabend as a way to explore aesthetic philosophy
- used tabletop roleplaying mechanics to write a vampire B-movie opera with Peter Davis
- made a new hiphop foxtrot sketch comedy opera.
I think we’re making progress - you can watch a selection of videos here, whether you want to see mournful clowns, vainglorious composers, or the anti-vampire resistance. Head over to our YouTube channel for more!
We're currently working on three projects:
- Touring The Perfect Opera in Summer 2019.
- Raising funds to ensure everyone on Series 3 is fully paid
- Preparing some newly-commissioned fusion operas
More The Perfect Opera!
