New Zealand opera offers innovative technology for blind and low-vision audiences
by editors@theworld.org (Bianca Hillier) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6NTZA)
Operas are often performed in Italian, German or French. That's why there are what's called surtitles" or supertitles" projected above the stage. They translate the lyrics into the audience's main language. That doesn't help blind and low-vision audience members, though. So now, an opera company in New Zealand has come up with an accessible solution. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.