The first Intellectual Output of the Virtual Stage project is a state of the art analysis of the use of digital technologies in vocational training in the opera sector, with particular reference to the training of singers and instrumentalists.

The research was conducted cooperatively by the project consortium partners in the four project countries: Italy, France, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. It included desk research on the resources available for digitisation in music training, contacts and exchanges with stakeholders in the four countries and in a broader international context, and an international and multilingual survey on various topics, including the digital skills of trainers, the technologies available to trainers and vocational training institutions.