By ACIS / Opera Camp™ 2025 Launches Global Call for Composers and Librettists

Date: 2025/07/15

Name of the Journalist and/or Media: General Editor / ACIS

Country / City: Colombia / Bogotá

Original headline: Opera Camp™ 2025 lanza convocatoria global para compositores y libretistas

Translated headline: Opera Camp™ 2025 Launches Global Call for Composers and Librettists

Description of the Publication: This article is reporting that the Performing Arts Laboratory (PAL) has opened a global call for its 2025 Composition and Libretto Program under the Opera Camp™ initiative. The program invites composers and librettists from around the world to co-create new operas rooted in their cultures, with selected works to be premiered at the Bloomington Opera Camp™ in June 2026 and have their overtures performed by an international consortium of orchestras. The article emphasizes the leadership of Maestro Diego Barbosa-Vásquez, a Colombian, as the creator, artistic director, and primary mentor of the program. It details his academic credentials, including his unique Doctorate in Opera, Orchestra, and Ballet Conducting, his postdoctoral research in performing arts sustainability, and his roles as General Director of PAL and Musical Director of The Americas Chamber Orchestra. Application deadlines and a link for submissions are provided.

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