 | Rotterdam conference
OPERA sans frontières
28-30 May 2010
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Programme
Friday 28 May
Nieuwe Luxor Theatre
Buses to the Nieuwe Luxor will depart from De Doelen (Flipse entrance/Karel Doormanstr.) at 12.45, 13.15 and 13.45.
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12.45
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Welcome of young delegates and young professionals forum
Kasper Holten (Copenhagen), Aviel Cahn (Antwerpen), Paul Reeve (London ROH), Audrey Jungers (Opera Europa)
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13.00
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Registration opens
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14.30
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Welcome address
Guy Coolen, Artistic Director of Operadagen Rotterdam; Nicholas Payne, Director of Opera Europa
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15.00
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Panel discussion
Pierre Audi (Holland Festival); Willy Decker (Ruhrtriennale); Michel van der Aa (composer); Graham Vick (Birmingham Opera Company)
Moderated by Nicholas Payne
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17.00
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Coffee break
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18.00
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Operadagen Festival opening
with address by Jonathan Mills (Edinburgh International Festival)
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18.30
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Dinner
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20.15
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Boat departure for the performance of:
De Cornet, works by Hanns Eisler, Benjamin Britten, Igor Stravinsky, Andrew Svoboda and Frank Martin, performed by young singers of Opera Studio Nederland, musicians and theatre makers
Conducted by Winfried Maczewski and directed by Sjaron Minailo
Note:
Part of the performance will happen outdoors and in the harbour area: please wear warm clothes and comfortable shoes!
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22.30
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Return to the harbour and special event on SS Rotterdam ship
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Saturday 29 May
De Doelen
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09.30
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Partnerships between large opera companies and small production outfits (I)
Alison Duthie (ROH2), John Fulljames (The Opera Group), Michael McCarthy (Music Theatre Wales); Aviel Cahn (Vlaamse Opera), Guy Coolen (Transparant)
Moderated by Kasper Holten
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Festival, alternative and fringe programming for alternative audiences (II)
Gerhard Dienstbier (Wiener Taschenoper), Paolo Pinamonti (Festival A Coruña), Saskia van de Ree (Yo! Opera Utrecht), Jan Zoet (Rotterdamse Schouwburg)
Moderated by Henry Little
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11.00
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Coffee break
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11.30
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Today's emerging forms of opera (III)
Hans Bruneel (LOD), Frank Madlener (Ircam -tbc), Nicola Sani (Fondazione Scelsi)
Moderated by Bernard Foccroulle
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Re-formatted masterpieces for new audiences (IV)
Mario Tronco, Paul Koek (Veenfabriek), Robin Norton-Hale (OperaUpClose)
Moderated by Peter de Caluwe
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13.00
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Lunch
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14.30
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Interactive round table I
Moderated by Kasper Holten
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Interactive round table II
Moderated by Henry Little
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Interactive round table III
Moderated by Bernard Foccroulle
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Interactive round table IV
Moderated by Peter de Caluwe
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16.30
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End of the day's sessions
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17.30
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Amazonas, installation by the Munich Biennale at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg
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19.00
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Jeugdtheater Hofplein
Carmen (for children)
Directed by Carla van Driel, with pupils of Jeugdtheater Hofplein
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19.45
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Bus departures to Luxor Theatre, Schiecentrale and Opera O.T.
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20.30
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Nieuwe Luxor Theatre
Die Zauberflöte, adapted version by Mario Tronco and Leandro Piccioni
Conducted and directed by Mario Tronco
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Schiecentrale
Pilgrim at the gate of idleness
Schönberg / Brahms recital by Christianne Stotijn accompanied by Joseph Breinl, directed by Wim Trompert
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Rotterdamse Schouwburg
The Rage of Life, by Elena Kats-Chernin
Conducted by Daniel Inbal and directed by Igor Bauersima
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Opera O.T.
Le Vin herbé, by Frank Martin
Conducted by Wim Steinmann and directed by Mirjam Koen and Gerrit Timmers
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22.15
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Bus return to Schouwburgplein
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Sunday 30 May
De Doelen
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09.30
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Opera development initiatives
Presentations by European Network for Opera Academies (ENOA), Bucharest National Opera/Accademia La Scala and Verona per l'Arena
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Meeting of the young delegates Opera Think Tank
With Gerard Mortier
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Meeting of the moderators
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10.30
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Coffee break
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11.00
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Conclusions and closing remarks
with the moderators and Gerard Mortier |
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12.30
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End of the conference
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14.00
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Guided tour of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
OR Architectural bus tour of Rotterdam
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Other events:
Participants arriving on Thursday 27 May have the opportunity to attend the performance of Wake at 20.15 at Rotterdamse Schouwburg. Ten years after the firework disaster in Enschede, this new opera by composer Klaas de Vries and British author David Mitchell broaches a profound theme: the disturbed lives of ordinary people in an ordinary town. Wake unites opera, mystery play, moving images and literary fiction into a gripping meditation on sorrow, transcendence and the human spirit.
To book your tickets, please contact the box office of Rotterdamse Schouwburg at +31 10 411 81 10, and mention Opera Europa to benefit from a special rate of 25€.
More information on this page.
Opera Europa has blocked a few seats for conference participants who would like to attend the performance of Turandot on Sunday 30 May at 14.30 at De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam (end: 17.35). A train leaves Rotterdam Central station at 13.03 which enables you to arrive in time in Amsterdam.
To book your tickets, please contact Elaine Lok at De Nederlandse Opera before 1 May at protocol@dno.nl.
Rates: 110 / 85 / 40€
More information on www.dno.nl.
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