Winner Interviews - The Curing Line - Winner of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2025

Описание: We congratulate “The Curing Line”, led by Straymaker on winning the FEDORA Opera Prize 2025!

This bold, multi-platform opera explores the themes of healing, cultural loss and environmental collapse through the story of a forgotten cure. This groundbreaking production will be premiered at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in August 2026, with numerous Irish and international dates to follow.

Congrats to the artistic team: Michael Gallen, Composer, Co-Director & Co-Librettist, Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Co-Director and Choreographer, Maura O'Keeffe, Producer, Annemarie Ni Churreáin, Co-Librettist and every single person behind the curtain making this production possible. Your work contributes to the advancement of the performing arts!

Special thanks to our expert jury chaired by Birgitta Svendén, and to jury members Pierre Audi †, Alex Ho, Kasper Holten, Iva Hraste-Sočo, Sophie de Lint, Alexander Neef and Karen Stone.
The FEDORA Opera Prize is supported by The Silver Company, the competition is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission, and delivered in collaboration with our expert partner Opera Europa.

"Winning the FEDORA Opera Prize 2025 (...) will allow us to bring the work to as wide and diverse an international audience as possible."
Michael Gallen, Composer, Co-Director & Co-Librettist of "The Curing Line"