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Cascais Ópera becomes the first Portuguese member of Opera Latinoamérica (OLA), and participates in the 17th Annual Conference in Chile

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Cascais Ópera – International Singing Competition has become the first Portuguese member of Opera Latinoamérica (OLA), a prestigious network that connects opera and performing arts institutions throughout Latin America. This achievement reinforces Cascais Ópera’s role as an important cultural catalyst, expanding its presence on the global artistic scene.

From November 17 to 20, 2024, Cascais Ópera will be present at the 17th Annual Opera Latinoamérica Conference in Santiago, Chile. The event brings together more than 100 performing arts leaders from 25 countries, offering a unique space for sharing and collaboration around themes such as articulation, innovation and leadership for the sustainable development of theaters.

For Cascais Ópera, this participation represents an exceptional opportunity to establish strategic partnerships and explore a vast world of possibilities on the international circuit. Through this meeting, the aim is to open new doors for work contracts and integration into international circuits for the young lyric singers taking part in the International Singing Competition.

Cascais Ópera thus reaffirms its commitment to promoting emerging talent, celebrating vocal excellence and fostering artistic diversity, now with an even more global reach. This pioneering step not only strengthens Portugal’s position in the world of opera, but also projects our young artists onto new horizons of success and recognition.

Joining Ópera Latinoamérica marks the beginning of a new stage, where Cascais Ópera positions itself as a link between continents, creating cultural bridges that transcend borders and will continue to enrich the world of opera.

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Over the past three decades, primarily in London, Portugal and Amsterdam, Dr Jorge Balça
has developed a strong portfolio of work and a unique combination of skillsets – as a stage
director (of theatre, opera, and hybrid forms), a teacher and workshop leader, a presentation
skills, acting and creativity coach, and practice-based researcher. His work in all these
domains is distinguished by his commitment to and skill in making fantasy and invention
emerge from precise knowledge and training – and by his ability to inspire a similar alchemy
in his collaborators.

Classically trained as an actor and countertenor, he studied theatre directing in London and
Moscow, specialising in Shakespeare, techniques of adaptation, Meyerhold and commedia
dell’arte. Jorge also holds a PhD exploring the dramatic training of opera performers.
With a love for site-specific projects and collaborative forms, and an equal flair for comedy
and drama, his work is dramaturgically inventive, visually striking, and physically engaged.
He was the artistic director of Bloomsbury Opera and associate director of The Opera
Makers, both in London. In Portugal, he has recently directed L’Heure Espagnole and The
Turn of the Screw at Centro Cultural de Belém, and Don Giovanni and La Voix Humaine at
Festival de Ópera de Óbidos.

Jorge is committed to his work as a teacher, having taught at the Dutch National Opera
Academy, Morley College London, Universidade de Évora and other institutions. He
maintains an international coaching private practice and is the acting coach at the Neil
Semer Vocal Institute in Italy.

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