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: Received: 30 September 2022 / Approved: 5 October 2022 / Online: 5 October 2022 (12:12:26 CEST)
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Yende, S.J. The Quest for New Digital Skills for Opera Artists and Opera Companies during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints2022, 2022100039. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0039.v1
Yende, S.J. The Quest for New Digital Skills for Opera Artists and Opera Companies during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2022, 2022100039. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0039.v1
Yende, S.J. The Quest for New Digital Skills for Opera Artists and Opera Companies during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints2022, 2022100039. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0039.v1
APA Style
Yende, S.J. (2022). The Quest for New Digital Skills for Opera Artists and Opera Companies during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0039.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Yende, S.J. 2022 "The Quest for New Digital Skills for Opera Artists and Opera Companies during the Covid-19 Pandemic" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0039.v1
Abstract
The coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has emerged as a global phenomenon that significantly affects almost all sectors, irrespective of whether they have a well-established economic system. The inception of COVID-19 pandemic has increased and accelerated the demand for opera industry embrace digit technology to continue to produce performances and reach audiences. The brutality of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected most sectors, and opera artists are significantly affected in the Global South. South Africa, among others, is at the receiving end. The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc and exacerbated the existing vulnerability of opera artists. Opera artists have difficulty obtaining employment and finding funding for performing arts organisations have caused seriously challenged opera artists to survive during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study is aimed to examine the quest for new digital skills for opera artists and opera companies during the Covid-19 pandemic. A qualitative research method was adopted using interviews with opera artists, selected retired opera practitioners and managers of opera companies. In this study, scholarly documents were reviewed to yield trustworthy findings. The findings demonstrate a high demand for opera artists to upgrade their current skills to meet the demand for digital skills. This demand for digital skills is partially attributable to the closed and suspension of live theatre performances due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings also reveal that digital connectivity in the performing arts sector become an essential driver of economic growth. This study concludes by affirming that digital skills are key skills required for resuscitating the opera industry.
Keywords
Covid-19; digital skills; economy; opera artists; opera industry
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Music
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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