“Mini Opera” is a BIP Project led by Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen in collaboration with ESMAE (Porto), Conservatorio de Música “Joaquín Rodrigo” (Valencia), and the EOA (European Opera Academy).
OPEN CALL:
LIBRETTO PROPOSALS
Deadline: 31st October 2025
The world has undergone significant shifts in the past two years, both politically and socially. We aim to explore current critical themes through a contemporary operatic lens. The primary goals are to create and tour new operas that explore 21st-century struggles, addressing culturally, socially, politically, ethnically, and/or psychologically relevant issues. Performances will take place in Antwerp, Porto, and Valencia in March and April 2027.
Through this call, artists currently studying/working at a Higher Educational Institution are asked to submit a proposal in which they explain their idea for developing an opera libretto.
Proposal requirements:
- Theme: The specific topic or idea that the libretto explores. Summarised in one sentence.
- Language for the proposal: English. (Libretto might be written in any other language(s)).
- Synopsis: A brief explanation of the overall story, including main plot points, key characters, and a description of the setting.
- Length of the proposal: one page.
Proposals will be selected by a jury comprising professionals from KCA (Antwerp), ESMAE (Porto), and CSM (Valencia).
Additional information:
Libretto Requirements for the selected Proposals
- Length of the mini-operas: 10 minutes per score.
- Language(s): Writers are free to use any language or even combine different languages in the same libretto.
- Number of Characters: Maximum 5 characters
- Setting: Writers are free to choose the time and place of the story, as long as it relates to or represents 21st-century struggles.
- Verse or Prose: The libretto might be written in verse or prose.
If you have problems with the application form, get in contact with the EOA coordinator, Miriam Pascual Benavent miriam.pascualbenavent@zuyd.nl