The OpéRA de poche project was born in the spring of 2021 following a discussion with Opéra de Montréal, which was seeking, in the words of their General Director Patrick Corrigan, to "deconstruct the rigorous structure of opera on the big stage" in order to open opera up to a diversity of artists and new artistic forms, without losing the traditional operatic audience. This issue, which includes the question of audience renewal and diversity as much as that of the form and distribution of operas, has become more apparent in the context of the pandemic and the screenification of cultural practices. Although many works are available online, most of them were conceived for the operatic stage, creating a sense of loss of presence when viewed on screen. But what if, instead of filming operas written for the stage, they were designed from the outset for new technologies? And what might this experience teach us about the operatic genre?