Isolde Platform
Delivering shared, live experiences for every audience, in perfect time.
Isolde enables perfectly synchronised content delivered direct to audiences’ own devices, facilitating immersive audio-visual experiences without bulky infrastructure or specialist equipment. Future development of the platform will extend to the synchronisation of accessibility and marketing content.
The platform is a breakthrough for Irish National Opera. It is part of a transformative digital project that has the potential to revolutionise presentation, sustainability and access for the performing arts, providing low-cost, practical solutions for the broader cultural sector. There is already international interest in the development with the project winning the inaugural FEDORA/Opera Europa Next Stage grant for the second phase of its development.
The platform grew out of our need for a simpler and better sound solution for Street Art Opera performances — operas shown in urban spaces, with the action projected onto the walls of public buildings. Amplified sound would have to compete against the background of city centres, but Isolde allows us to provide perfectly synchronised high-quality audio direct to audiences’ own devices.
The innovative platform literally puts control in the audience’s own hands, allowing them to listen with their own headphones using their own mobile devices. With no audio infrastructure required on site, there is nothing to manage except the projection. The listener just has to launch the app on their phone, plug in their headphones and the platform does the rest. No latency. No buffering. No heavy infrastructure. Just simple, reliable delivery, direct to your audience.
And the possibilities don’t end there. Isolde has the power to synchronise any audio visual content, providing accessibility solutions, like audio descriptions and translations, and context aware content delivery for marketing communications.
We are currently rolling out a pilot programme to test the market response to Isolde and explore the value it can bring to the performing arts sector.
If you would like to try out Isolde in your organisation or simply find out more, please reach out to:
Sarah Halpin, Digital Producer | sarah@irishnationalopera.ie.
To discuss how you can support the project by becoming a funding partner, please contact:
Aoife Daly, Director of Development | aoife@irishnationalopera.ie
