YOUNG OPERA MAKERS PROGRAMME by enoaThe role of creation, development of new forms, exploration of innovative creative processes and audience renewal are all major challenges facing today’s European opera world. Young artists must be the drivers of this change: their training and employability are crucial issues. In a globalized and competitive sector young artists should be fundamentally mobile and innovative. As existing training structures do not prepare for current challenges, the enoa network institutions have developed the YOUNG OPERA MAKERS Programme.This programme will give young creators (such as composers, writers and directors among others) and performers (singers, conductors, pianists and vocal coaches) the keys to develop their employability and international career in a constantly evolving field. It will offer them excellent training, with an interdisciplinary and contemporary approach to opera, enable them to perform and experience creative processes, and increase their visibility and access to international recruitment circuits.The programme therefore offers tailored training consisting of a wide variety of activities hosted by members of enoa throughout Europe along with a digital platform dedicated to the young artist community. Activities include: practical and theoretical workshops focused on technical development and the issues around creating opera, residences immerging young artists in the creative environment of cultural institutions, labs devoted to experimentation of innovative artistic projects, and new productions that will each lead to international tours.