The European Platform supporting innovation in opera and ballet

Guaranteed professional
pre-selection

FEDORA is working in close collaboration with multiple partner organisations in the pre-selection process of applications:

Opera Europa - the Professional Association of Opera Houses and Festivals in Europe, the leading professional network representing over 200 opera companies and opera festivals in 43 different European countries, RESEO - the European Network for opera, music, dance and education which brings together organisations and artists to promote innovation and equal access to creativity and IMZ International Music + Media Centre, a global business network for more than 150 member organisations with the mission to promote the performing arts in and through audiovisual media.

All opera and ballet applications received are assessed by Opera Europa under the direction of Nicholas Payne, director of Opera Europa.
Education projects are pre-selected jointly by RESEO, under the direction of Rhian Hutchings, chair of RESEO, and Mr Bernard Foccroulle, former director of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie and of Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.
Digital projects are assessed by IMZ International Music + Media Centre, represented by Mr Peter Maniura, former Head of Digital Development at BBC Arts.

A jury of
International Experts

The pre-selected opera, ballet, education and digital projects are presented to four juries of experts in the fields of opera, ballet, education and digital who assess the applications, nominate projects and select the winners of the FEDORA Prizes.

Discover
The FEDORA prizes
Biennale Jury

Opera jury

Dance jury

Education jury

Digital jury

Pierre Audi

General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Laura Berman

Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover
Sophie de Lint

Director
Dutch National Opera
Kasper Holten

CEO
Royal Danish Theatre
Joan Matabosch

Artistic Director
Teatro Real
Nicholas Payne

Director
Opera Europa
Caroline Sonrier

Director
Opéra de Lille
Birgitta Svendén

Former General and Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Opera

Eleonora Abbagnato

Director
Balletto del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Ted Brandsen

Director
Dutch National Ballet
Sharon Eyal

Choreographer
L-E-V Dance Company
Laurent Hilaire

Director
Stanislavsky Ballet
Nicolas Le Riche

Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Ballet
Johannes Öhman

Artistic Director
Dansens Hus
Madeleine Onne

Artistic Director
Finnish National Ballet
Nicholas Payne

Director
Opera Europa
Helen Shute

Chief Executive/Executive Producer
Rambert

Bernard Foccroulle

Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie
Renate Futterknecht

Head of Administration / Deputy General Artistic Director
Theater an der Wien
Hannah Griffiths

General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company
Rhian Hutchings

Chair
RESEO
Barbara Minghetti

Artistic Director
Macerata Opera Festival
Anne-Kathrin Ostrop

Head of Education
Komische Oper Berlin
Panaghis Pagoulatos

Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
Greek National Opera

Ditte Feuk

Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
SVT Drama
Christopher Hampson

CEO/Artistic Director
Scottish Ballet
Renee Hunt

Director of Digital Platforms and Delivery
Sky
Katharina Jeschke

Secretary General
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Tod Machover

Composer, Professor of Music & Media and Director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
MIT Media Lab
Peter Maniura

Director
IMZ Academy
Laurent Métivier

Head of Audiovisual Department
Opéra national de Paris
Kent Nagano

General Music Director of Hamburg Opera and
Music Director of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Ulrich Schrauth

Artistic Director
VRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts Festival
Zillah Watson

Commissioning Editor for Virtual Reality
BBC