INO presents 'Out of the Ordinary' a VR Community Opera with music by Finola Merivale
The Dean Art Studio
Irish National Opera’s new virtual reality community opera.
Written by composer Finola Merivale and librettist Jody O’Neill working with director Jo Mangan and students from rural Ireland and communities from Inis Meáin, Tallaght and South Dublin
Out of the Ordinary / As An nGnách has been created through a series of online and in-person workshops, the opera explores new methods of co-creation, placing our communities at the centre of the opera creation process. Our professional creative team has worked alongside participants living across Ireland, learning from each other, developing the composition, narrative and design through ongoing conversation and collaboration throughout 2021 and 2022. The process has allowed us to explore a different way of making work, and we can now offer audiences the chance to experience opera as it has never been experienced before. Presented in virtual reality, we hope the work will start conversations around opera, technology and art, who it’s for and what it can be.
Winner of the 2021 Fedora Platform Digital Prize.
Tickets
More details and booking via the Dublin Fringe Festival here.