The Lab Opera XXI is a platform for the development of contemporary opera, stemming from the Opera XXI Marathon competition, focusing on various aspects of opera composition and production. It thus invests in the training, professionalization, and promotion of contemporary opera, also through a multidirectional approach with multidisciplinary initiatives intrinsic to this total art form, contributing to pointing out new paths and trends for opera of the present and the future.
In 2026, LOXXI will invest in deepening the work of composers and librettists for the composition of new operas, as well as in masterclasses in vocal technique and stage work for emerging singers, and masterclasses and workshops that address the body in a holistic vision and as the main instrument of the performer in a comprehensive way.
free course of 2 sessions by Paulo Ferreira de Castro
May 10 and 12, 6:30 PM
Teaytro da Comuna
Free admission
Date to be announced
Masterclasses with composers such as António Chagas Rosa, Sérgio Azevedo, Alexandre Delgado on the specificities of creating a libretto written by the composer.
Date to be announced
How to construct a dramaturgy in the composition of a musical-theatre work.
To be announced soon
Workshop with Mónica Garnel
August 29th and 30th, September 5th and 6th
Room 1, Teatro da Comuna
Operafest Lisbon and Oeiras 2026
Scenic construction workshop with Mónica Garnel, aimed at singers, with the final presentation of exercises, excerpts worked on, and singing masterclasses.
with Eleni Vosniadou
Operafest Lisbon and Oeiras 2026
Dates to be announced