International Conference 23-24 November 2018 Jointly organized by the Universities of Graz and Salzburg Opera as Institution: Networks and Professions (1700-1914) Department of Musicology, Karl Franzens University Graz Meerscheinschlössl, Mozartgasse 3, 8010 Graz IMPRINT Publisher: Universität Salzburg © 2018 | Editors: Cristina Scuderi and Matthew Werley Artwork: Roman Klug, Press + Communication, University of Graz. Design: Hermann Kunstmann, Printcenter Universität Salzburg © 2018 www.institutionopera.sbg.ac.at Friday, 23 November 2018 9:00 a.m OPENING Peter Scherrer (Vice-Rector for Research and Junior Researchers' Promotion, University of Graz) Sissi Potzinger (Member of the City Parliament, Graz) Michael Walter (Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Graz) 18th-Century Italian Opera: Mobility and Institutions Chair: Kordula Knaus (University of Bayreuth) 9:30 a.m. Suzanne Aspden (University of Oxford) 'FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT'? CHALLENGES TO COSMOPOLITANISM IN 1720s-30s LONDON Judit Zsovár (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) FARINELLA AT THE VIENNESE KÄRNTNERTORTHEATER, 1730-1732 Daniel Brandenburg (University of Salzburg) ITALIAN OPERISTI AS CULTURAL NETWORK: INSIGHTS AND CONTEXTS OF THE PIRKER CORRESPONDENCE 11:00 a.m Coffee break 18th/19th-Century French Opera: Singers and Institutions Chair: Susanne Kogler (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz) 11:30 a.m. Solveig Serre (University of Tours) THE ACADÉMIE ROYALE DE MUSIQUE UNDER THE ANCIEN RÉGIME: SOME ELEMENTS OF A POLITICAL SYSTEM Mark Everist (University of Southampton) THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: PARISIAN POLITICS, STAGE MUSIC AND THE SECOND EMPIRE Clair Rowden (University of Cardiff) THE SOPRANOS, PARISIAN STYLE, 1869 13:00 p.m. Lunch break 3 Saturday, 24 November 2018 18th-Century Italian Opera: Networks and Libretti 19th-Century Opera Beyond Chair: Irene Brandenburg (University of Salzburg) Chair: Federico Celestini (University of Innsbruck) 14:30 p.m. Franco Piperno (Sapienza University of Rome) 9:30 a.m. Jiří Kopecký – Lenka Křupková (University of Olomuc) 'AZIONE SACRA PER MUSICA': OLOMOUC'S “HALF-YEAR” PROVINCIAL THEATRE FREEMASONRY AND THE NEAPOLITAN SACRED DRAMA AND ITS REPERTOIRE REPERTORY FOR LENTEN OPERATIC SEASONS Karin Hallgren (University of Vaxjo) Richard Erkens (German Historical Institute Rome) AN OPERA FOR EVERYONE? ENGAGING ITALIAN OPERA SINGERS THE ROYAL OPERA IN STOCKHOLM FOR THE RUSSIAN COURT IN 1734/35: DURING THE 19TH CENTURY AN INSIGHT INTO THE NETWORKS OF AGENTS AND IMPRESARIOS Cristina Scuderi (University of Graz) OPERATIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN EASTERN ADRIATIC THEATERS DURING THE LATE HABSBURG EMPIRE: IMPRESARI AND NETWORKS 11:00 a.m. Coffee break 19th Century Opera: Aristocratic vs. Private Chair: Matthew Werley (University of Salzburg) 11:30 a.m. Ingeborg Zechner (University of Salzburg) LONDONS ITALIAN OPERA: A TRANSNATIONAL VENTURE Michael Burden (University of Oxford) GERMAN OPERA IN LONDONS ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE: THE SEASON OF 1832 5 Programme Committee Ÿ Daniel Brandenburg (University of Salzburg) Ÿ Cristina Scuderi (University of Graz) Ÿ Michael Walter (University of Graz) Ÿ Ingeborg Zechner (University of Salzburg) Administrative Ofce Ÿ Marion Hintsteiner Ÿ Melanie Stigler Student assistants Ÿ Martina Bratić Ÿ Jelena Cupic Ÿ Julia Fleck Ÿ Noemi Silvestri Ÿ Jan-Felix Wall Contact University of Graz University of Salzburg Institute of Musicology Department of Musicology and Dance Studies Cristina Scuderi Ingeborg Zechner Mozartgasse 3, 8010 Graz, Austria Unipark Nonntal, Erzabt-Klotz-Straße 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria [email protected] [email protected] musikwissenscha.uni-graz.at www.uni-salzburg.at/kumutawi 6.