The Royal Musical Association
Events
Wagner in Performance: Theory and Practice
One-day conference
22 Nov 08
This one-day conference aims to explore the theory and context of Wagner operas in performance. There will be papers on aspects of singing, conducting and staging, presented by acknowledged experts in the field. The morning and afternoon sessions will each be concluded with a round table bringing together a wealth of knowledge and expertise in all aspects of Wagner performance.
In the evening (8pm) the ensemble Counterpoise will present a concert to feature Wagner’s rarely heard melodrama (Gretchen’s Lament) from the Seven Faust Pieces and an arrangement by James Francis Brown of the Siegfried Idyll. The programme also includes the melodramas The Sad Monk by Liszt and The Castle by the Sea by Strauss, and a masterly 21st-century example of the genre, On the Edge, by the award-winning creative team Edward Rushton and Dagny Gioulami.
Participants include:
- Roger Allen (St Peter’s College, Oxford)
- Mike Ashman (director and writer on opera)
- Simon Trezise (Trinity College, Dublin)
- Peter Franklin (St Catherine’s College, Oxford)
- Robert Sollich (Freie Universität, Berlin; dramaturg for productions by Katharina Wagner)
- Clemens Risi (Freie Universität, Berlin)
- Katherine Syer (University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign)
- Patrick Carnegy (author of Wagner and the Art of the Theatre)
Tickets: £25 (conference only), £35 (conference plus concert),
£10 (concert only)
20% discount on the conference fee for RMA members.
To secure your place, e-mail the Administrator, Isolde Lloyd-Jones, The Wagner Journal: thewagnerjournal@btinternet.com; or write to The Wagner Journal, PO Box 57714, London NW11 1DL.
Conveners:
Roger Allen (St Peter’s, Oxford)
Barry Millington (The Wagner Journal)