Time: 12:30am - 6:15pm Venue: Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Digital Music Performance Lab, Ground Floor, School of Electronic Engineering & Computer Science.
Monday 6 March, 2016
Celebrating the history of opera in London’s East End, in association with OBERTO (Oxford Brookes: Exploring Research Trends in Opera), followed by a special evening performance by award winning Shadwell Opera.
A series of talks, discussions and performance activities telling the story of Opera in the East End from late Victorian times through the first half of the Twentieth Century
12:30 – 13:15 Welcome and Lunch – Performance Lab C4DM, EECS
13:30 – 14:15 Opera in the East End – Introductory Talk and discussion about the project – Performance Lab C4DM, EECS
14:30 – 16:00 Witness Seminar – London Opera Centre. Panel of alumni: Dame Josephine Barstow, Teresa Cahill, Robert Lloyd CBE and David Patmore - Performance Lab C4DM, EECS
16:00 – 16:30 Tea – Performance Lab C4DM, EECS
16:30 – 17:30 Informal Workshop Concert of Extracts from People’s Palace programmes of 30s & 40s – Performance Lab C4DM, EECS
17:30 – 18:15 Drinks reception, The Octagon
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