# How Do Interactive Virtual Operas Shift Relationships between Music,   Text and Image?

**Authors:** Alain Bonardi (STMS), Francis Rousseaux (STMS, CRESTIC)

arXiv: 0912.4880 · 2009-12-25

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new genre of interactive virtual operas on personal computers that enable novel combinations and interactions between music, text, and visual elements, transforming traditional operatic experiences.

## Contribution

It presents the concept and implementation of interactive virtual operas, highlighting their potential to redefine relationships among music, text, and images in operatic art.

## Key findings

- New genre of interactive virtual operas on personal computers
- Enhanced interaction between music, text, and visuals
- Potential to transform traditional operatic experiences

## Abstract

In this paper we present the new genre of interactive operas implemented on personal computers. They differ from traditional ones not only because they are virtual, but mainly because they offer to composers and listeners new perspectives of combinations and interactions between music, text and visual aspects.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/0912.4880