OBERTO (in association with the Royal Musical Association)

Taking place:

Oxford Brookes University

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Far from being a mere historical ‘footnote’, reception has come to be seen as central to the study of opera over the past decades. Reception studies have moved from the perfunctory inclusion of a few choice newspaper snippets to a fresh perspective on music that relocates the traditional focus on composers and works towards performances and audiences. The purpose of this conference is to consider the ways in which the parameters of operatic reception studies are shifting to include new sources, new media and new audiences, and in the process shedding new light on how societies have received and made use of opera, from the nineteenth century to the present day.

This conference has received affiliation from the Royal Musical Association

Conference/Event Programme is available here