Artistic Administration forum meeting Oper Frankfurt and Theater Bonn, 23-25 January 2020
Programme
Thursday 23 January 2020, Oper Frankfurt
15.00 Registration opens, Coffee
15.30 Welcome by Bernd Loebe (Frankfurt) and the steering group
15.45 How the industry deals with imminent Brexit: News and updates with Helen Sykes (IAMA)
16.45 Brexit considerations in artistic planning for the upcoming season led by Jill Jones (Edinburgh)
18.00 End of day’s sessions
19.30 Pénélope by Gabriel Fauré Directed by Corinna Tetzel and conducted by Joana Mallwitz, with Paula Murrihy, Eric Laporte, Joanna Motulewicz, Božidar Smiljanić and Peter Marsh
Friday 24 January 2020, Theater Bonn – Production Day
08.15 Bus to Bonn
10.30 Registration opens, Refreshments / Coffee
11.00 Welcome by Bernhard Helmich (Bonn)
11.15 Wellbeing at work: Open discussion on identifying, sharing and handling the main issues, moderated by Franziska M. Kaiser (Copenhagen)
12.30 Lunch at Zur Bühne
14.00 Wellbeing at work: Practical exercises with artist coach Christina Barandun (Bonn) and lean incentive with Jere Pensikkala and Katja Tammela (Helsinki)
17.00 Guided Tour behind the scenes with technical staff from Theater Bonn
17.45 End of day’s sessions
19.30 Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven Directed by Volker Lösch and conducted by Dirk Kaftan, with Karl-Heinz Lehner, Martin Tzonev, Mark Morouse, Thomas Mohr and Martina Welschenbach
22.15 Bus to Frankfurt
Saturday 25 January 2020, Oper Frankfurt – Casting day
10.30 Registration opens, Coffee
10.45 This is the new Operabook: Presentation, Q&A and feedback with Benoît Terray (IT4Culture) – Bring your Laptops and Tablets to follow through!
12.45 Lunch
14.00 Discussions on future meetings and green opera
15.00 Auditions with singers from the Opera Studio
End of the programme
17.00 Oper Frankfurt: Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner (waitlist only) Directed by Katharina Thoma and conducted by Sebastian Weigle, with Vincent Wolfsteiner and Rachel Nicholls
19.30 Staatstheater Mainz: Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini (waitlist only) Directed by EOP finalist Gerard Jones, with Nadja Stefanoff, Michael Dahmen, Eric Laporte and Stephan Bootz