Dates

21-23 March 2025

Location

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman

Running time

0:30, no interval

Tickets

€ 10

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Photo: Still from The Sound Voice Project

A digital artwork on voice and identity

What does it mean to have a voice? The Sound Voice Project is a compelling work that has the human voice at its heart. Using personal stories of people who have lost the power of speech, it explores the relationship between your voice and your identity. 

For this opera installation, the composer Hannah Conway worked with medical experts, professional opera singers and people with first-hand experience of losing the ability to speak. She uses innovative digital voice technology to create a moving experience in which art and science combine to reveal the beauty and fragility of the human voice. 

Raw and intimate

The installation combines music with film projections, visual art and an enthralling acoustic experience. Three raw, intimate portraits show you what life is like for people who have lost their voice, for example due to illness or a trauma. The result is an operatic experience that is both radical and moving. The impact of the Sound Voice Project is not just emotional, though; it has also prompted scientific innovation. Behind the scenes, it has inspired new developments in digital voice technology and biomedical research. In 2023, the installation received the prestigious FEDORA Digital Prize, a European award aimed at supporting innovative digital projects in opera and ballet.

Performance information

Composition  Hannah Conway
Libretto  Hazel Gould
Video Design  Luke Halls
Sound Design  David Sheppard

PAUL

Baritone  Roderick Williams
Voice  Paul Jameson
Violin  Rakhi Singh
Piano  Hannah Conway

I LEFT MY VOICE BEHIND

Voices  Shout At Cancer
Electronics  Pug Halliday
Cello  Nick Trygstad

TANJA

Soprano  Lucy Crowe
Voice  Tanja Bage
Violin  Marianne Haynes
Cello  Nick Trygstad
Piano  Hannah Conway

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