Bregenz conference
30-31 May 2008
Programme
Friday 30 May
Festspielhaus
Participants will have free access to MEET exhibitions and demonstrations until 16.00.
12.00 : Registration of Opera Europa Technical & Production forum
12.30 : Saal Bodensee
International Forum Network of Technical Directors
Led by Timo Tuovila (Finnish National Opera), Ivo Kersmaekers (OISTAT) and
Karin Winkelsesser (DTHG)
13.00 : Registration of Opera Europa members / tea & coffee
14.00 : Welcome addresses on Technology and Theatre, with David Pountney, Intendant and Artistic Director of Bregenzer Festspiele, and Michael Ramsaur, President of OISTAT
14.30 : Joint plenary debate
Modern technology - does it stimulate the creative process
Led by Bernard Foccroulle, composer and director of Aix-en-Provence Festival; Graham Sheffield, Artistic director of London's Barbican Centre; and David Staples, Managing director UK of Theatre Projects consultants
16.00 : Coffee break at Parkstudio
17.00 : Main auditorium
Across the frontiers
Composers workshop in Festspielhaus, by Bregenz Festival
Saal Panorama 1
Survey on artistic labour costs and agreements
Preliminary findings of Opera Europa's study of practices in selected opera houses
Saal Panorama 2
Meeting of the Technical & Production forum
Meeting and discussion on current topics
18.00 : End of the day's programme and aperitif at Parkstudio
20.00 : Main auditorium
Reading TOSCA (world premiere)
Performance in Festspielhaus
A dance theatre approach to Puccini's opera
Choreography: Toula Limnaios; Music: Ralf Ollertz
21.30 : Break - soups and beverages at Parkstudio
22.15 : Technical presentation of the Seetribüne
Saturday 31 May
09.30 : Propter Homines The Creative outlook
How can the technology of film, photography and 3-D images contribute tomusic-theatre today? Presentation byJérôme Waquet, video director, with Thomas Lauriot Prévost (Théâtre du Châtelet)
11.00 : Coffee break at Parkstudio
11.30 : Propter Homines Production rentals forum
How to integrate rentals into a balanced season? How does your company manage rentals?
Presentation by Aviel Cahn (Vlaamse Opera) and Mark Duffy (Royal Opera Covent Garden) and discussion in the context of the publication by Operabase of the Rentals Portfolio
Saal Bodensee
RESEO Creative residency
Led by James Redwood, John Barber and Alexandra Vohl
13.00 : Lunch break - meals available for purchase at Bühne 3
13.30 : Departure for the guided tour of the Seebühne
14.30 : Propter Homines The Manager's outlook
How does technology help or hinder the production process and the management of people? Led by Elaine Padmore (Royal Opera Covent Garden) and Achim Thorwald (Badisches Staatstheater), with Eva Kleinitz(La Monnaie Brussels)
Seegalerie
Education and technical session (with RESEO)
Good practice in realising the technical potential of education projects and the creative potential of technical departments. WithKatherine Palmer (ENO Baylis) and Ulla Laurio (Finnish National Opera), moderated by Anna Karinsdotter (Royal Swedish Opera)
16.00 : Break at Parkstudio
16.30 : Propter Homines The view from the audience
How does technology enable us to grow audiences? An examination of initiatives in the cinema and on the internet, with contributions from Rachael Castell (English National Opera), Patrick Foll (Théâtre de Caen), andLisa Navach and Barbara Minghetti (AsLiCo)
18.00 : End of the conference
Sunday 1 June
09.00 : Artistic directors' office
Opera Europa Board meeting
11.30 : End
