As 2023 is coming to a close, we want to traditionally sum up the most important events of the year for Digital Opera Saint-Petersburg.
We have been actively involved in socially significant projects aimed at engaging youth in art and promoting modern technologies on the stages of Russian theatres. We held meetings, lectures, and master classes to inspire people to enjoy art and to open new horizons.
We are proud of all the achievements of this year and grateful to everyone who has been with us. With your support, we have moved forward, charged with energy and inspiration.
Together we:
- Collected a record number of applications for the jubilee fifth Digital Opera Performance 2023/24 «Pushkin's Tales. Life as a Miracle».
- Held an interuniversity marathon for the creation of an immersive multimedia installation «Lukomorye 2.0».
- Prepared the design and video content for the VIII Russian National Opera Award «Onegin» on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.
- Participated in the ninth International Cultural Forum — the Forum of United Cultures. Nadezhda Abramova, the founder and general producer of Digital Opera, delivered a speech at the panel discussion «Artificial Intelligence: Threat or Benefit to Culture».
- Premiered the opera «Master and Margarita» at the Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and presented it at the Cultural Forum at the Mariinsky Theatre. The performance became the main event of the forum's cultural program!
- Participated in the Festival of Music Theatres «Seeing Music» and conducted a master class «The Role of the Multimedia Artist in the World of Neural Networks» for directors of music theatres.
- Took part in VK Fest with presentations, master classes, and training on VR simulators.
- Celebrated the participation of Sergei Novikov, the art director of Digital Opera Saint-Petersburg, in a large-scale installation presented at the international exhibition-forum «RUSSIA EXPO» in Moscow.
- Congratulated Maestro Mikhail Golikov, the musical director of Digital Opera Performance, on his appointment as a visiting professor at the Chinese Conservatory of Music (Beijing), one of the most famous higher education institutions in China.
We are grateful to the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives @pfci_grants for their support and opportunities.
Thank you for staying with us and sharing our passion for theatre and multimedia in it!