Three half-day symposia for adults.
Delve into the social, political and artistic implications of selected COC operas with international academics and members of the COC’s artistic and production teams.
Location: Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park (Museum Subway Station)
Ticket Pricing: Full Series: Adults: $57, Faculty: $40, Students: $23; Single Session: Adults: $23 Faculty: $17, Students $12; FREE for full time UofT students with valid ID Purchase Tickets: At the door, online or call COC Ticket Services, 416-363-8231
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – "Long Distant Loving: Saariaho's Love from Afar"
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Coming together for the occasion are local and international academics and artists who will lead explorations and analysis on the themes and music of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s Love from Afar, a haunting musical creation that has become one of the most successful 21st-century operas.
The event offers a deeper understanding of this stirring innovative opera, beginning with “Working with Saariaho/Saariaho at Work,” a conversation between Canadian composer Greg Newsome and University of Toronto musicologist Sherry Lee. Their remarks are followed by “Saariaho and Distant Voices,” presented by David Metzer, a scholar from the University of British Columbia specializing in modern music. Musicologist Susan McClary of Case Western Reserve University concludes the symposium with “Smouldering Intensities: The Music of Kaija Saariaho.” The event includes a display featuring imagery of the COC’s production of the opera that will be on view during the coffee break and following the exchange.
9:30 a.m. Welcome and introductory remarks 9:40 – 10:15 a.m. Composer Gregory Lee Newsome in conversation with Sherry Lee, "Working with Saariaho/Saariaho at Work" 10:15 – 11:00 a.m. David Metzer, University of British Columbia, "Saariaho and Distant Voices" 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Susan McClary, Case Western Reserve, "Smouldering Intensities: The Music of Kaija Saariaho"
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 10 a.m.* – 12:30 p.m. – "A Wilde Time: Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy"
10 a.m. Welcome and introductory remarks 10:10 – 10:40 a.m. Ted Chamberlain, University of Toronto, "To Finish What He Never Began: Oscar Wilde and A Florentine Tragedy" 10:40 – 11:15 a.m. Christopher Hailey, Princeton NJ, "Finding Zemlinsky" 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Sherry Lee, University of Toronto, "A Viennese Tragedy: Zemlinsky Composes Wilde" 12:15 p.m. – 1 p.m. Panel featuring members of the Canadian Opera Company
* Please note the later start time
The Opera Exchange is presented in partnership with: University of Toronto Faculty of Music and the Munk School of Global Affairs. The Opera Exchange is generously supported by the Jackman Humanities Institute.
Susan Graham as Iphigenia in the Lyric Opera of Chicago production. Photo Credit: Robert Kusel © 2006
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