Opera performance in Lisbon for better inclusion through digital literacy
photo: © Gil de Lemos/SAMP
Four professional Portuguese singers performed the main roles in a new opera based on Homer’s “Odyssey” at a packed concert hall in Portugal’s capital Lisbon in mid-June. Also on the stage that evening were 16 amateur performers from the central Portuguese city of Leiria, where they are members of the city’s “school prison” population. The prison houses offenders in the age range of around 16 to 21 years. What’s more, a second group of Leiria inmates took part in the performance by video link from a stage that was located back in the jail 150 km away.