Opera goes green
With its extensive international travel, sets and costumes created for individual productions, many of which are then disposed of, opera does not have a reputation for being particularly green. However, companies and individuals are now making great strides towards sustainability in the face of the climate crisis and are continuing to find ways to make spaces and performances more environmentally sustainable.
In this episode we find out how activists and individuals are challenging the status quo - working towards sustainability in the face of the climate crisis. Nina speaks to Sebastien Gueze, the French Tenor and activist responsible for publishing the BIOPERA essay, who now also works as a sustainability consultant for the French government, and Italian Stage Director Ilaria Lanzino who has directed a pilot CO2 neutral production at Oper Leipzig.
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Artifacts Assembly from Young Artists at the Palau de les Arts
Documentary from Oper Frankfurt on audition training for the Paul Hindemith Orchestra Academy
Masterclass with Sarah Connolly
Eco entertainment
Masque of Might from Opera North
Music extracts
Introduction and closing from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart): Overture
Massenet ‘Alors c'est bien ici’ from Werther with tenor Mario Chang and the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier
Sivan Eldar ‘Wood behaviour’ from Like Flesh (words: Cordelia Lynn) with soprano Juliette Allen and baritone William Dazeley from Opéra de Lille. Watch flashback here
Handel ‘Verdi prati’ from Alcina with countertenor Patrick Terry at Opera North. Watch flashback here
Find out more about Ilaria Lanzino here
Find out more about Sebastien Guèze here
Access Sebastien’s BIOPÉRA Essay (in French) here
Find out about Opera North’s Green Season here