A ópera deve ser vivida e sentida por todos e o Cascais Ópera tem vindo a trabalhar de forma contínua para garantir que o evento se torne cada vez mais acessível.
Os ensaios, as provas presenciais, as masterclasses e o Concerto de Semifinalistas do Cascais Ópera decorrem em espaços culturais e museológicos de referência no Bairro dos Museus de Cascais — como o Centro Cultural de Cascais, a Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, o Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães, o Palácio da Cidadela de Cascais e o Conservatório de Música de Cascais.
A Final irá realizar-se em Lisboa, na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Todos estes locais contam com políticas de acessibilidade já implementadas, que são plenamente integradas na organização do Cascais Opera.
Um projecto que permite ao público cego e com baixa visão aceder, de forma independente, à Final do Cascais Ópera na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Através da mediação humana e personalizada de um voluntário, que poderá ser um estudante, um profissional da área da cultura ou outro voluntário, este descreve os elementos visuais em cena ao ouvido do espectador cego ou com baixa visão.
Como proceder?
Baseados em “Les Souffleurs d’Images” é um projeto dinamizado pela associação francesa Souffleurs de Sens, desde 2009, em parceria com a Locus Acesso. Este projeto teve início a partir de setembro de 2024, com a criação de uma comunidade de Sopradores de Imagens. Estes que receberão formação para compreender as necessidades específicas dos espectadores cegos ou com baixa visão, mediante exercícios práticos de mobilidade e descrição.
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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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.