Oslo conference
26-28 September 2008
Technical & Production forum
The Oslo conference will start a day earlier in Copenhagen for the Technical forum, with a programme of guided tours and meetings with technical teams.
Programme
Thursday 25 September
09.00 – 10.30 : Backstage tour of Copenhagen's new Opera House
11.00 – 12.30 : Backstage tour of the new Play House
12.30 – 13.30 : Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 : Tour of workshops
15.00 – 15.30 : Tea/coffee and transfer to the ferry boat
17.00 : Departure of the Copenhagen – Oslo ferry
Friday 26 September
09.00 : Arrival in Oslo
10.00 – 12.00 : Meeting with Ingemar Carlsson, designer of the new techniques of Oslo Opera House, and Bosch Rexroth representative Guido Patten
Conference programme
Friday 26 September
From 13.00 : Registration, coffee and pastries
14.30 – 15.00 : Keynote address
Trond Giske, Norwegian Minister of Culture and Church affairs, with Bjørn Simensen, outgoing General and Artistic Director of Den Norske Opera og Ballett, and Nicholas Payne, Director of Opera Europa
15.00 – 16.30 : Plenary debate on Opera in Society
With contributions from Bishop Gunnar Stålsett, Khalid Salimi, Director of Oslo’s Mela Festival and of Horisont,Jonathan Mills, Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, and Prof. Nina Witoszek, moderated by Nicholas Payne
18.00 - 22.20 : Performance of Don Carlos in the main hall, conducted by Marco Guidarini and directed by Nicholas Hytner
Saturday 27 September
09.30 – 10.45
Foyer
Technical & Production forum
Departure for the technical guided tour of the opera
Orchestra rehearsal room
General & Artistic Directors forum
Discussion of Future Plans and co-productions, moderated by Elaine Padmore (Royal Opera Covent Garden)
Flagstad room
Executive assistants forum
Round table session for introductions of participants,moderated by Kari Eikli (Den Norske Opera og Ballett) and Anne-Line Duplan (Opera Europa)
Outreach room
Fundraising Academy
Dialogue with private donors: personal motivation; building a relationship; lessons learned. Interactive discussion moderated by Alex Reedijk (Scottish Opera)and Nicholas Payne, with donors Dr Frank Müller (CEO Glashütte Original) and Sidsel Vivarelli Colonna (Amici del Maggio Firenze)
10.45 – 11.15 : Coffee break
11.15 – 12.30 : Orchestra rehearsal room
General & Artistic Directors forum and Fundraising Academy
Round table discussion about public value – how it is viewed by funders in different countries, how their perspectives and priorities are changing, and how that will affect our work. Moderated by Tom Remlov, incoming General Director of Den Norske Opera og Ballett
Flagstad room
Executive assistants forum
Introduction to Opera Europa online services by Anne-Line Duplan, followed by discussion
Outreach room
Technical & Production forum
The legacy of new buildings: Copenhagen, Oslo, Valencia…
Presentation and interactive discussion, with Bernt Bauge(Den Norske Opera og Ballett), Henrik Engelbrecht (Royal Opera Copenhagen) and Valencia representative (tbc), moderated by Maths Nyström (GőteborgsOperan)
12.30 – 14.30 : Lunch break – list of recommended restaurants nearby distributed in Oslo
Executive assistants leave at 12.30 for lunch in Holmenkollen
14.30 - 16.00 : Orchestra rehearsal room
The relevance of opera in our society: Don Carlos and other examples
Debate between directors Stefan Herheimand Kasper Bech Holten, with composer Cecilie Ore, moderated by Prof.Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Outreach room
Technical & Production forum
Different cultures, with Perryn Leech (Houston Grand Opera)
16.15 – 18.15 : Orchestra rehearsal room
Annual General Assembly of Members
including presentations of study by Philippe Agid and Jean-Claude Tarondeau and about EOD, chaired by Bernard Foccroulle, President of Opera Europa
Followed by an interview with Maestro Zubin Mehta
Outreach room
Joint meeting of the CAR and the Fundraising Academy
Led by Peter de Caluwe (Brussels La Monnaie) and Susan Fisher (Friends of Covent Garden)
18.15 : Departure for social event at Oslo City Hall
18.30 : Reception at Oslo City Hall
20.30 : Meeting of the Fundraising Academy steering group
Sunday 28 September
09.00 – 11.00 : Flagstad room
Fedora Board meeting
Outreach room 1
Meeting of the Technical forum steering group
Discussion of future plans
Outreach room 2
De Nederlandse Opera Marco Polo project
Presentation by Marc Chahin
10.00 – 11.15 : Guided tour of the new Oslo Opera house
11.30 – 13.00 : Orchestra rehearsal room
Closing plenary session
with panel of writer Candace Allen, philantropist Dame Vivien Duffield, Anthony Freud (new Chairman of OPERA America) and Stefan Rosinski (Stiftung Oper Berlin)
15.00 - 16.20 : Main hall
Mahler's Symphony No 2 (Resurrection)
Conducted by Zubin Mehta, with the Orchestra and Chorus of Den Norske Opera
og Ballett, and soloists Marita Sølberg and Anna Larsson,
