The winning opera of the international competition, Macerata 4.0 – in collaboration with Opera Europe, IED and the New Music Festivals – which is dedicated to projects of contemporary musical theatre (opera, musical theatre show, installation, performance, audiovisual projects, dance videtart…) made by artistic teams and associations whom members are younger than 35 on 1st January 2018. The projects we received, inspired by #verdesperanza (the theme of Macerata Opera Festival 2018), were analysed by an international jury. The winner was proclaimed on Saturday 7th April: We Can Be Waves by Casa Marziano.