Artistic Administration Forum Meeting Oper Frankfurt and Theater Bonn, 23-25 January 2020

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 .

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