Opera sans frontières
Opera Europa spring conference
Operadagen Rotterdam, 28-30 May 2010
Thursday 27 May 2010
20.15 Rotterdamse Schouwburg: Wake, conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw and directed by Stephen Langridge
Friday 28 May 2010 – Nieuwe Luxor Theatre
Buses to the Luxor will leave from De Doelen (Eduard Flipse entrance) at 12.45, 13.15 and 13.45.
Luxor Theatre – Main auditorium
/ Other venues /De Doelen
12.45 / Rijn FoyerWelcome of young delegates and young professionals forum by Kasper Holten, Paul Reeve and Audrey Jungers / Schat Kamer
Technical Managers forum
Production documentation and resources
Training casual and supervisors
Health & Safety
13.00 / Registration at main entrance
14.30 / Maas Foyer
Welcome address by Guy Coolen, Artistic Director of Operadagen Rotterdam, and Nicholas Payne, Director of Opera Europa
15.00 /
Artistic developments in opera and music theatre today
Led by Pierre Audi (Holland Festival), Michel van der Aa (composer), Paul Koek (Veenfabriek), Graham Vick (Birmingham Opera Company) and Ellen Segeren (writer and cultural journalist- Operatie Muziektheater)
Moderated by Lex Bohlmeijer and Nicholas Payne
17.00 / Drinks in Rijn Foyer18.00 / Festival opening, with address by Jonathan Mills (Edinburgh International Festival)
19.15 / Dinner in Maas Foyer / Technical Managers
Joint dinner
20.15 / Boat departure for performance / 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 bySjaron Minailo
22.30 / Return to the harbour – special event on SS Rotterdam ship
Bus return to De Doelen
Saturday 29 May 2010 – De Doelen
Eduard Flipse zaal
/Van Cappellen zaal
/ De Monchyzaal / De Leeuw & Keuris Kamer / Schat Kamer09.30 / Partnerships between large opera companies and small production outfits (I)
Alison Duthie (ROH2), John Fulljames (The Opera Group) and Michael McCarthy (Music Theatre Wales); Aviel Cahn (Vlaamse Opera) and Guy Coolen (Transparant)
Moderated by Kasper Holten / Alternative programming to attract new audiences (II)
Paolo Pinamonti (Festival A Coruña), Anthony Heidweiller(Yo! Opera Utrecht),Jan Zoet (Rotterdamse Schouwburg), Gerhard Dienstbier (Wiener Taschenoper)and George Isaakyan (Perm State Opera & Ballet)
Moderated by Henry Little
10.00 / Technical Managers forum
Pyrotechnics and regulations in Europe
Multiskills
11.00 / Coffee break in Flipsefoyer
11.30 /
Today’s emerging forms of opera (III)
Hans Bruneel (LOD),Stein Olav Henrichsen (Bergen), Nicola Sani (Fondazione Scelsi) and Paul Oomen (composer - Operatie Muziektheater)Moderated by Bernard Foccroulle /
Re-formatted masterpieces for new audiences (IV)
Mario Tronco, Robin Norton-Hale (OperaUpClose), Kasper Holten (Copenhagen) and Jim Lucassen (director - Operatie Muziektheater)Moderated by Peter de Caluwe
13.00 / Lunch in Jurriaansefoyer
14.30 / Interactive round table I
Moderated by Kasper Holten / Interactive round table II
Moderated by Henry Little / Interactive round table III
Moderated by Bernard Foccroulle / Interactive round table IV
Moderated by Peter de Caluwe
16.30 / End of the day's sessions / Opera Europa Board meeting
16.40 / Caccini's L’Euridice, musical intermezzo by Scherzi Musicali conducted by Nicolas Achten
17.30 / Amazonas, installation by the Munich Biennale at Rotterdamse Schouwburg
19.00 / Jeugdtheater Hofplein
Carmen
(for children)
Directed by Carla van Driel, with pupils of Jeugdtheater Hofplein
19.45 / Bus departure to Luxor Theatre / Bus departure to Opera OT
20.30 / Luxor Theatre
Die Zauberflöte, adapted version by Mario Tronco and Leandro Piccioni
Conducted and directed by Mario Tronco / De Doelen
Pilgrim at the gate of idlenessSchönberg / Brahms recital by Christianne Stotijn accompanied by Joseph Breinl, directed by Wim Trompert / Rotterdamse Schouwburg
The Rage of Life, by Elena Kats-Chernin, conducted by Daniel Inbal and directed by Igor Bauersima / Opera OT
Le Vin herbé, by Frank Martin, Conducted by Wim Steinmann and directed by Mirjam Koen and Gerrit Timmers
22.15 / Bus from performance to special event at Euromast or bus return to De Doelen
Sunday 30 May 2010
Schat Kamer
/ De Leeuw Kamer / Keuris Kamer09.00 / Meeting of the young delegates Opera Think Tank
With Audrey Jungers and Paul Reeve / Fedora Board meeting / Meeting of the moderators
10.30 / Coffee break in Flipsefoyer
11.00 / StudiOpera
Presentation of the Bucharest State Opera/Accademia La Scala training project
11.15 /
Conclusions and closing remarks
With the moderators and a young delegate12.30 / End of the conference
13.40 / Guided tour of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Departurefrom the Flipse entrance. Ends at 15.00
14.00 / Architectural tour of Rotterdam by bus
Departure in front of the Flipse entrance. Ends at 16.00
If you have a problem, please don’t hesitate to contact Audrey Jungers on +32 475 515 746