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RBO/Shift

47 June 2026

RBO/Shift

47 June 2026

RBO/Shift

47 June 2026
Linbury Theatre
Opera and music

Change your mind.

On a black background are the words RBO SHIFT in white capitalised letters in a simple font over two lines with RBO on the top and SHIFT on the bottom. The letters have been designed to look like the words are in movement with vertical lines splitting through some of the letters in a seemingly random way. The letter B on the the top has horizontal lines going to the top of the image and the letters H I F and T have a similar effect going to the bottom of the image. This is the logo for RBO SHIFT, a festival exploring the intersection of opera and technology.
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A new annual festival connecting the worlds of opera and technology. Four days of performance, demonstration, conversation and creative exchange.

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Background

The Royal Opera’s new Associate Director Netia Jones curates a four-day festival exploring the shifting boundary between opera and technology. The focus for the first festival is the ever-growing world of artificial intelligence. How can artists and producers interact with AI in the most exciting way? And what new experiences can audiences expect from this transformation? This festival will explore both the technological possibilities and our role as the human in the loop. Be part of this inaugural event hosted in the Linbury Theatre.

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