FEDORA Platform. Press Release February 2021 SUPPORTING INNOVATION IN OPERA AND BALLET IN EUROPE A EUROPEAN NETWORK

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1 SUPPORTING INNOVATION IN OPERA AND BALLET IN EUROPE FEDORA Platform Press Release February 2021 FEDORA announces 34 shortlisted projects (9 opera, 9 ballet, 10 education and 6 digital projects), from 20 countries including 110 cultural organisations and partners and involving over 200 artists for the 7th edition of the FEDORA Prizes. The general audience can vote online (fedora-platform.com) until February 26th for their favourite projects. In parallel, the expert jury will nominate projects which will have the opportunity to run fundraising campaigns in spring 2021 on the FEDORA Platform. The project with the most votes from the audience in each category will get the chance to fundraise alongside the project nominated by the jury. The winners will be announced in June during the Award Ceremony. A EUROPEAN NETWORK FEDORA encourages innovation and creativity in opera and ballet through an international Prizes competition initiated under the presidency of Jérôme-François Zieseniss in 2014, as a tribute to Rolf Liebermann. The network federates 95 opera houses, festivals, ballet companies and friends associations in 25 countries, as well as individuals, corporate donors and foundations to create a sustainable ecosystem between the cultural and economic sector guaranteeing the future of opera and ballet. A UNIQUE EUROPEAN PLATFORM ( Thanks to 2 million euros of co-funding of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, FEDORA harnesses the digital shift to showcase artistic works-in-progress on its European Platform. Thereby it reaches out to a new generation of people, allowing them to promote and support new operas and ballets online. IMPACT 1.5M , , , % private funding invested in innovative opera and ballet projects new opera and ballet projects supported co-producing cultural institutions involved performances spectators including more than 100,000 young people votes since 2018 raised during the Fundraising Phases since 2018 of users of the platform are between 18 and 44 years old EUROPEAN ONLINE GIVING SYSTEM In 2020, our European initiative became the first non-profit organisation alongside Common Goal in Europe to test Transnational Giving Europe s new online transnational giving system, thanks to the co-funding of Creative Europe. Since the launch of this new online platform that facilitates cross-border giving and boosts philanthropy in Europe, already 26 non-profit organisations in the healthcare, education, sports and cultural sectors have been using the solution and have been able to generate around 80,000 within 6 months. AWARDS In 2017, FEDORA was awarded with the Philanthropy Award during the International Opera Awards. FEDORA was nominated in 2019 as European Cultural Investor of the year at the European Cultural Brand Awards. In 2019, Edilia Gänz, director of FEDORA, was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the «30 under 30» best young cultural managers in Europe. In 2020, Edilia Gänz was selected by Ms Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth to be featured among the #EUwomen4future campaign.

2 Opera Shortlist 2021 Prize Money: 75,000 Innocence Festival d Aix-en-Provence Composer - Kaija Saariaho Librettist - Sofi Oksanen Conductor - Susanna Mälkki Stage - Simon Stone Alexina B. Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain) Composer - Raquel Garcia Tomas Dramaturge - Irène Gayraud Stage - Marta Pazos The Time of our Singing La Monnaie / De Munt Composer - Kris Defoort Conductor - Kwamé Ryan Librettist - Peter van Kraaij Stage - Ted Huffman ZELLE, Wenn es dunkel wird LOD muziektheater Composer & - Jamie Man Text - Peter Stamm Soprano - Natascha Young Countertenor - Steve Katona Nōh singer - Ryoko Aoki Musical execution - Asko Schönberg Like flesh Opéra de Lille Music - Sivan Eldar Librettist - Cordelia Lynn Computer music design - Augustin Muller Musical direction - Maxime Pascal Stage direction - Silvia Costa Elsewhere Straymaker (Ireland) Composer & Librettist - Michael Gallen Conductor - Fiona Monbet - Tom Creed Librettists - Annemarie Ni Churreain, Dylan Coburn Gray Beauty and the Seven Beasts The Opera Story Composers - Vahan Salorian, Lewis Murphy, Alex Woolf, Lucie Treacher, Sasha Scott, Jude Obermuller, James Garner Librettists - Dominic Kimberlin, Jennifer L. Williams, Louis Rembges, Anna Pool, Annie Jenkins, Tom Powell, Ellie Taylor - James Hurley Conductor - Berrak Dyer Manga for lovers Théâtre du Châtelet Composer - Olga Neuwirth Librettist - Barry Gifford Conductor - Matthias Pintscher Stage - Yuval Sharon The Witches Seed Tones on the Stones Composer - Stewart Copeland Librettist - Jonathan Moore Creative partner - Chrissie Hynde Immersive video sets - Edvige Faini - Gianni Marras OPERA JURY 2021 Laura Berman Intendant Staatsoper Hannover (Germany) Aviel Cahn General Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland) Kasper Holten CEO Royal Danish Theatre (Denmark) Sophie de Lint Dutch National Opera (Netherlands) Anna Maria Meo General Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma Nicholas Payne Opera Europa Birgitta Svendén General and Artistic Royal Swedish Opera With the support of

3 Ballet Shortlist 2021 Prize Money: 50,000 Les Saltimbanques Ballet du Capitole Choreographer - Kader Belarbi Composer - Sergio Tomassi Costume Designer - Elsa Pavanel Set Designer - Coralie Lèguevaque Hotel Birmingham Royal Ballet Choreographer - Morgann Runacre-Temple Composer - Mikael Karlsson Set Designer - Sami Fendall Creative Associate / Dance Film Maker - Jessica Wright Mille et une danses (pour 2021) CCN de Tours Choreographer - Thomas Lebrun Lighting Designer - Françoise Michel 15 dancers Coppélia in the digital age Edinburgh International Festival Artistic, Scottish Ballet - Christopher Hampson Choreographers - Morgann Runacre-Temple, Jessica Wright Dramaturg - Jeff James Festival - Fergus Linehan Peeping Tom / La Visita (working title) Fondazione I Teatri Choreographer - Gabriela Carrizo Sound Designer - Raphaëlle Latini Set Designer - Amber Vandenhoeck Futuristic Space Lovers Ballet Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theatre (Ukraine) Choreographer - Delphine Attal Composer - Didier Marouani Artistic - Bogdan Strutynskyi ROOTS (working title) National Opera of Ukraine (Ukraine) Project Leader - Petro Chupryna Choreographer - Ksenia Zvereva Lighting Designer - Jacopo Pantani Costume and Decoration Designer - Polina Panchenko Set Designer - Asia Kravchuk On Bach Dansens Hus Choreographer - Tilman O Donnell Composer - Johannes Helberger Costume Designer - Jenny Nordberg Lighting Designer - Thomas Zamolo Raymonda English National Ballet Direction and Choreography (after Marius Petipa) - Tamara Rojo Composer - Alexander Glazunov Music Adaptation - Gavin Sutherland Dramaturge - Lucinda Coxon BALLET JURY 2021 Ted Brandsen Dutch National Ballet (Netherlands) Aurélie Dupont of Dance Paris Opera Ballet Laurent Hilaire Stanislavsky Ballet (Russia) Sara-Nora Krysteva Artistic of the Ballet Sofia National Opera and Ballet (Bulgaria) Ingrid Lorentzen Artistic Norwegian National Ballet (Norway) Nicholas Payne Opera Europa Benoit Swan Pouffer Artistic Rambert With the support of

4 Education Shortlist 2021 Prize Money: 50,000 Arcadia - Academy for Music & Theater in Silesia Academia Ars Augusta (Germany) Artistic - Eleni Ioannidou Conductor - Enrique Gomez-Cabrero Fernandez Stage - Piotr Jedrzejas Teacher - Marie Kuijken A song - a life Den Jyske Opera/Danish National Opera (Denmark) Composers - Søren Møller, Michael Betteridge Librettist - Cecilie Eken Dalia - A community opera Garsington Opera Artistic - Karen Gillingham Composer - Roxanna Panufnik Librettist - Jessica Duchen Refugee & Activist - Gulwali Passarlay Conductor - Douglas Boyd Carmen and the other extraordinary women L Albero Deaf artist, Opera narrator - Consuelo Agnesi Music Teacher - Giuseppina Maria Gelosa Librettist - Andrea Ciommiento Set Designer - Rita Orlando Pitch, please! Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie Artistic - Chloé Kobuta Illustrator - Kiihwan Lim Project Manager - Audrey Brahimi Writer - Danielle Courtenay, Mia Mandineau Dance training for people with a disability Platform-K Artistic - Inge Lattré Education Specialist - Frauke Seynnaeve Pocket Opera Royal Swedish Opera Composer - Daniel Nelson Librettist - Irena Kraus We are musicians Stara Zagora State Opera (Bulgaria) Composer - Victor Krumov Education Specialists - Yova Petkova, Iglika Petkova Set Designer - Denis Ivanov Stage - Uschi Horner Synapses - The point of contact Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland) Composer - Andrew Synnott Stage - Rosetta Cucchi Video Artists - Roberto Recchia, Stefania Panighini Utoperas - a participatory youth opera in series format Wiener Staatsoper (Austria) Education - Krysztina Winkel Head of Dance - Monica Delgadillo-Aguilar Music - Andy Icochea Project Dramaturge - Valentin Lewisch EDUCATION JURY 2021 Vania Cauzillo Steering Committee Member RESEO Bernard Foccroulle Former La Monnaie / De Munt and Festival d Aix-en-Provence (Belgium/France) Anthony Heidweiller Artistic Vocal Statements Birgitte Holt-Nielsen Librettist and Freelance producer (Denmark) Anne-Kathrin Ostrop Head of Education Komische Oper Berlin (Germany) Panaghis Pagoulatos of Artistic Programming & Casting Greek National Opera (Greece) Lauri Pokkinen Audience Outreach & Social Responsibility Manager Finnish National Opera and Ballet (Finland) With the support of a Private Foundation

5 Digital Shortlist 2021 Prize Money: 50,000 Toulouse-Lautrec Ballet du Capitole Choreographer - Kader Belarbi Composer - Bruno Coulais Film - Luc Riolon Set Designer - Sylvie Olivé Out of the Ordinary Irish National Opera (Ireland) Composer - Finola Merivale - Jo Mangan Technical Consultant - Camille Donegan Outreach Producer - James Bingham Opera on Brainwaves Muzi a Zeny Fashion Tech Designer - Jasna Rokegem Singer - Elise Caluwaers Solastalgia Poznań Opera House (Poland) Composer Rafał Zapała Librettist Michał Krawczak Conductor Grzegorz Wierus Stage s Magda Szpecht, Marike Splint, Travis Preston Totality in Parts, a reenactment Royal Swedish Opera Choreographer - Lukas Timulak Set Designer - Peter Bilak Composer - Volker Bertelmann Video Artist - Hektor Salgado Motion Designer - Jeroen Barendse Viviscim - The 360 making of an opera performance Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie Artistic - Mahana Delacour Designer - Linus Carlson Developers - Aurélia Garnier, Dennis Dunn DIGITAL JURY 2021 Christopher Hampson Artistic Scottish Ballet Peter Maniura IMZ Academy Katharina Jeschke Secretary General IMZ International Music + Media Centre Ulrich Schrauth Artistic VRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts Festival XR & Immersive Programmer BFI London Film Festival - UK (Germany/United Kingdom) Emelie de Jong Head of Arts Department ARTE France Yasuko Kobayashi Senior Producer NHK (Japan) Tod Machover Composer, Inventor, Professor of Music & Media and director of the Media Lab s Opera of the Future group MIT Media Lab (United States of America) With the support of

6 SPECIAL THANKS CONTACT FEDORA - The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet Palais Garnier, 8, rue Scribe, Paris, France Edilia Gänz, edilia.gaenz@fedora-circle.com PRESS RELATIONS Mary-Éthel Siméonidès atalantpar@free.fr Tel. : + 33 (0) / + 33 (0)