Opera Beyond

Thank you Svenska Yle for writing about the conference and interviewing our Artistic Director Lilli Paasikivi, Zoan's Laura Olin and Second Theatre's Erkki Izarra! Virtual theater's possibilities, Metaverse and our XR Stage are discussed among other themes in the article (in Swedish): https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10020752

More info about Second Theatre:
https://www.secondtheatre.com/

I framtidens opera och teater kliver din avatar in i konstens metaversum – "Tekniken finns redan" Operan kan skapas på nytt i en virtuell värld.

News, news, news!

We’ve just added Ian Galloway, who is working on an interactive diva for our CircOpera 2.0 performance to be premiered in November, and Auri Antinranta to the line-up of our New Mediums and Expectations of Next Generations for Art & Entertainment panel. Joseph Fowler (World Economic Forum) will be replaced by Marko Ahtisaari (Helsinki Festival), and Sandra Rodriguez (MIT) will give a remote presentation. Tuesday morning will include Ida Kymmer and Dan Burgar’s fireside chat, and our Wednesday Green is the Only Color panel has the new panelists Valentina Bressan and Anne Puolanne (Audiovisual Producers Finland APFI). We’re getting ready to announce our last few mystery speakers – stay tuned!

Tickets and program: https://operabeyond.com/opera-beyond-conference-2022/

From multi-speaker immersive sound inside a dome to wearable speakers, from games to augmented reality installations, using accurate head and body tracking, where we can move freely in a real-world space while the story is mediated through headphones by virtual sounds embedded in the environment – here are a few examples of immersive audio uses as a narrative, emotive and thought-provoking tool for live performance, gaming, XR experiences, and audio art pieces.

But what’s the next step for immersive and spatial audio?

Genelec's RD Director Aki Mäkivirta, IRCAM’s researcher Benoît Alary, Verkatehdas’ CEO Janne Auvinen, and sound artists and designers Matias Harju and Tuomas Norvio discuss the newest developments, their current projects, insights, and what’s next for immersive audio. The panel will take place on the 13th of September at the Opera Beyond Conference: Visioning Stages Beyond.

See program and buy tickets: https://operabeyond.com/opera-beyond-conference-2022/