NEW ARTISTS, NEW AUDIENCES, NEW BUILDINGS…
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Plenary sessions printed in black
Artistic Directors & Artistic Administrators' sessions printed in blue
Marketing & Communications Forum sessions printed in red
Technical & Production Forum sessions printed in green
RESEO sessions printed in purple
Friday 11 March
09.00 RESEO Board meeting
12.00
12.30 Joint session for Opera Europa and RESEO Board members
13.30
14.00 Registration of delegates at L'Oceanogràfic
14.30 Welcome address
14.45 Young Artists Programmes
Presentations from Bruno Dal Bon (Italy), Erkki Korhonen (Finland), Matthew Jocelyn (France), Hans Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands), Elaine Padmore (UK) and Peter Russell (USA) moderated by Nicholas Payne (Opera Europa)
The Market for Young Audiences
Panel chaired by Bernard Foccroulle (Brussels) with Kasper Bech Holten (Copenhagen), Klaus Froboese (Halle), Victoria Pardell and Ramon Pla (Barcelona), Anick Xhrouet (Brussels) plus debate with afterword from Guy Coolen (Transparant)
Co-productions - a deeper look
What are the frameworks or terms to be agreed? How best to start a co-production.
Memorandum to be prepared by Jesper Larsson and presented by Nikolaj Jensen (Copenhagen).
Panel to be chaired by Anthony Freud (Cardiff) with Rudolf Berger (Volksoper Wien), Bob Brandsen (Amsterdam), Josep Folch (Brussels), Stefano de Mazzonis (Bologna) plus debate
Opera Education and its place in the community
Discussion of good practice in developing successful partnerships between opera education departments and local associations. Which partners and why?
With Ulla Laurio (Helsinki) & Jesus Huguet Pascal (Valencia)
16.15 Tea/Coffee
16.30 The role of a Young Artists Programme within an opera company.
Debate on the controversial issues led by John Berry (ENO), Anthony Freud (WNO), Diana Hossack (OPERA America), Pål Moe (France) moderated by Nicholas Payne
Audience Development plans
- Segmentation by age or interest
- Creating a new audience for a new building
- Changing the habits of existing audiences
- University programmes
- Partnerships with other cultural organisations
- A new approach to Opera Tourism
Debate led by Ing-Marie Permso (Göteborg), Xabier Colinas (Valencia) moderated by Peter Bellingham (Cardiff)
Is your boss listening?
Where does a Technical/Production Director find help?
Mentorship and seminar programmes / Programmes de séminaires et mentors
Panel chaired by Timo Tuovila (Helsinki) with Kenneth Orrgren (Göteborg) and Marc Scorca (OPERA America)
Opera Education and its place in the opera house. Does education belong in a 'department' ? The chance to consider the place of opera education in the context of an opera company's work.
With Henrik Engelbrecht (Copenhagen) & Dominic Gray (Leeds)
18.00 End of afternoon sessions
18.15 Opera Europa General Assembly
RESEO General Assembly
20.00 Cocktail reception on the terrace of L'Oceanos
21.00 Dinner at L'Oceanogràfic's Restaurante Submarino
Saturday 12 March
09.00 Guided tour of historical city centre
10.15 Coffee on arrival at Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
10.30 Introduction to RESEO and Opera Europa by Katie Tearle and Anthony Freud
11.00 Plenary session on the integration of young artists and young audience programmes within an opera company's work.
What are their roles? How do they contribute to audience development?
Keynote address by Graham Vick followed by general debate chaired by Bjørn Simensen (Oslo)
Technical tour of the Palau de les Arts
13.00 Buses to Barrio del Carmen
13.15 Buffet reception at Consell Valenciá de Cultura
14.30 Training artists and working in the community
Discussions of ways to develop artists within the company to prepare them for roles inside and outside the house
With Alice King-Farlow, evaluator of RESEO's Artists' Development Project, Mary King (ENO) & Anthony Freud (Cardiff)
Marketing and Education: working alongside to develop audiences
Panel discussion including Inge Ann Vekeman (Antwerp), Heidi Almi and Ulla Laurio (Helsinki) moderated by Nicholas Payne
3D - is it the future for set and lighting design? Does it bring savings? Does it raise artistic quality?
Panel discussion chaired by Maths Nyström (Göteborg) including William Dudley (set designer), Mark Jonathan (lighting designer) and Geoff Wheel (London ROH)
16.00 Tea/Coffee
16.15 Plenary session to sum up the joint Opera Europa/RESEO day
16.45 Guided tour of the Palau de les Arts
18.15 Plenary session on the plans and prospects of the Palau de les Arts
19.30 Conclusion of day's business
Evening Events on the streets of Valencia and choice of organised visits including private view of Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM)
Sunday 13 March
09.00 Opera Europa Board meeting
Presentations on the Future of Opera including:
10.30 Moving Images: new digital technologies that connect music and moving images: presentation by Tim Hopkins (director), Tom Betts and Judith Weir (composers) and Dennis Hopkins (festival curator)
11.00 A to Z Guide: setting up an education department by RESEO. Darryl Jaffray (Covent Garden)
Is Marketing the future of opera? Debate
12.00 Video documentation systems in different opera houses. Discussion chaired byJohn Seekings (London ROH) with examples from Barcelona and Tallinn
Art & Technology: the EU-funded OpenDrama project presented by Sarah Beecham and Oscar Celma
Opera Europa website initiation session by Audrey Jungers (Opera Europa)
13.00 Conference Summing-up
13.30 Buses to old city centre
14.00 La Mascleta, Plaza del Ayuntamiento
14.30 Visit to La Albufera and paella lunch by the lagoon
¡ADIOS!
Registering for Valencia - what you need to know
Valencians love fiestas and delight in sharing their joys with others. The most popular of their festivities are the world-famous Fallas, or festive bonfires, which usher in the spring. The creativity shown in the artistic monuments and the ninots which are eventually consumed in the flames, the music, the flowers and local costumes will be evident during the preparations for the Festival of Fallas, which is launched on 15 March.
Where to stay...
So book hotels early! Our hosts have negotiated prices at the following hotels:
Meliá Valencia Palace***** Paseo Alameda, 32 - 46023 Valencia
Tel: +34 96 337 50 37 Fax: +34 96 337 55 32 www.solmelia.es
Near the city centre opposite the Turia Gardens and Palau de la Música
Single € 132 (weekend € 105) Double € 140 (weekend € 105)
Junior Suite € 210 Suite € 354 Prices include breakfast
Contact Rosa
Hotel Astoria Palace**** Plaza Rodrigo Botet, 5 - 46002 Valencia
Tel: +34 96 398 10 00 Fax: +34 96 398 10 10 www.hotel-astoria-palace.com
Classic hotel in the old city centre
Double single use € 100 (weekend € 95) Double € 128 Prices include breakfast
Contact Laura Perez
NH Las Artes**** Avenida Instituto Obrero, 28 - 46013 Valencia
NH Expres Las Artes*** Avenida Instituto Obrero, 26 - 46013 Valencia
Tel: +34 96 335 13 10 Fax: +34 96 374 86 22 www.nh-hoteles.com
Next to the City of Arts and Sciences, 5 minutes walk from the Palau de les Arts
Las Artes: Single/double € 93 Junior Suite € 178 Prices include breakfast
Expres Las Artes: Single € 60 Double € 63 Plus breakfast at € 8.20
Contact Lydia Navarro
AC Valencia**** Avenida Francia, 67 - 46023 Valencia
Tel: +34 96 331 70 00 www.ac-hotels.com
Near the City of Arts and Sciences, on the other side of the gardens
Single € 80 Superior room € 92 Business Suite € 106 Plus breakfast € 10
All prices subject to Spanish VAT at 7%.
How to fly...
Valencia's Manises airport is 8 km. from the city centre. There are direct flights into Valencia from Bristol, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hannover, Köln, Lisboa, London Gatwick and Stansted, Milano, München, Paris, Roma, Stuttgart and Zürich. Or you can travel via Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca from many more cities.
Airlines which operate out of Valencia are:
Aer Lingus www.aerlingus.com
Air Berlin www.airberlin.com
(via Palma from Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig, Nürnberg and Wien)
Air Europa www.aireuropa.com
Air France www.airfrance.es (direct from / de Paris)
Air Nostrum www.airnostrum.es
Alitalia www.alitalia.com
Condor www.condor.com (from Frankfurt and München)
EasyJet www.easyjet.com (from Berlin, Bristol, Gatwick and Stansted)
Virgin Express www.virgin-express.com (direct from Brussels)
For Manises Airport information services telephone +34 96 159 85 00.
Buses leave for the city centre every 10 minutes on weekdays and every 25 minutes on Sunday, and a one-way ticket costs €0.90. Taxis to the city centre cost approximately €14. /
Conference enrolment...
Please complete Opera Europa's enrolment form (click here to download ).
Rates Early booking before February From February
Members/Membres €295 €350
Additional participant(s)/ €195 €250
Non-members/non-membres €450 €450
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