Artistic Administration forum meeting Oper and Theater Bonn, 23-25 January 2020

Programme

Thursday 23 January 2020, Oper Frankfurt

15.00 Registration opens, Coffee

15.30 Welcome by (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: by Richard Wagner (waitlist only) Directed by Katharina Thoma and conducted by , 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