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From: Bjorn Heile <[log in to unmask]>

With apologies for cross-posting...

Friday 1 June 2007
Senate House, London University, Malet Street, London WC1
Room N336. 10am-5pm

Jonathan Harvey's new opera 'Wagner Dream' will open at the Grand Theatre
Luxembourg on April 28 2007, with further performances by the Netherlands
Opera in June. Formerly Professor of Music at the University of Sussex,
Harvey is one of Britain's most respected composers, noted for his
interest in spirituality, and for the use of electronics in his music.
'Wagner Dream' is his third opera, and it has a libretto by Jean-Claude
Carrière, scriptwriter for Buñuel's last five films and for Peter Brook's
Mahabharata.  The events of the opera take place on the day of Wagner's
death in Venice, and deal with Wagner's late interest in Buddhism and
eastern philosophy.

Contributors

Arnold Whittall (Kings College, London): '21st-century opera, 21st-century 
Wagner'
Michael Clarke (Huddersfield): 'Technology and the Spiritual in Jonathan 
Harvey's Music'
Michael Downes (Cambridge): 'Wagner Dream and the Idea of the East'
Klaus Bertisch (Netherlands Opera, Dramaturg for Wagner Dream): 'Bringing 
Wagner Dream to the Stage'
Jonathan Harvey and Jean-Claude Carrière (tbc), in discussion with Julian 
Johnson (Oxford)

The study day will include the showing of video extracts from the premiere 
of the opera in Luxembourg.

Convenor: Nicholas Till (University of Sussex) [log in to unmask]
Advance registration recommended: To register please email Valerie James at 
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Cost: £5. Unwaged/students free of charge

http://music.sas.ac.uk/imr-events/imr-conferences-colloquia-performance-events/wagners-dream.html



Dr Björn Heile
Head of Music
Music Department
University of Sussex
Brighton
UK-BN1 9QN

Tel.: +44(0)1273 873198
Fax: +44(0)1273 623246
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