Staging Opera: Cities, Publics and Performance

This International conference will focus on the question: why do cities need opera today?

+44 (0)20 7942 2000
  • The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

  • Tickets cost £15.00 - £25.00

Past Event
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Join leading international practitioners and experts to explore opera as a multimedia art form. Through a series of panel discussions, the conference will examine the social space of opera, the creation and evolution of voice, staging and design.

Those taking the stage include Opera Director Kasper Holten, Stage Designer Es Devlin OBE and Composer Nico Muhly, as well as Royal Opera House's Chief Executive Alex Beard and Director of Opera, Oliver Mears, and Royal College of Music's Director of Research Richard Wistreich.