- Opera Europa
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Opera Europa is the international service organisation for professional opera companies and opera festivals in Europe. It is incorporated in Brussels as a not-for-profit organisation.
With roots going back to 1995, Opera Europa gained its present format and name in 2002, on the merger of the European Opera Network and the Eurolyrica associations.[1] It had 116 member companies in 36 different countries as at June 2011.[2]
Activities
For the benefit of its member companies, it runs forums, databases, a quarterly newsletter, and twice-yearly conferences, and offers reciprocal membership benefits with Opera America.[3]
European Opera Days
Opera Europa co-ordinates the annual European Opera Days when opera companies across Europe open their doors to the general public, with opera house tours, open rehearsals, talks and special events (both in and outside the conventional spaces). This takes place on the weekend closest to the EU's Europe Day, 9 May.[4]
European Opera-directing Prize (EOP)
In collaboration with the Camerata Nuova e.V. in Wiesbaden, Opera Europa supports a biennial competition, the European Opera-directing Prize (EOP, in German: Europäischen Opernregie-Preis) for young opera directors and design teams up to the age of 35. Competition is fierce with more than 200 teams applying in 2009.[5] The winning team receive prize money of 30,000 euros, but perhaps more importantly have their production mounted by a European opera company, receiving mentoring and support for this process.[6]
Year Opera Winning team Premiere Sponsoring company 2001 Fidelio (Beethoven) Matthias Lutz (dir),
Julia Hansen (design)29 Apr 2002 Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden 2003 Hans Heiling (Marschner) Andreas May (dir),
David König (design)28 Feb 2004 Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg 2005 La cenerentola (Rossini) Thaddeus Strassberger (dir,sets),
Mattie Ullrich (costumes)22 Apr 2006 Opera Ireland, Dublin 2007 Rusalka (Dvořák) Johannes Gleim (dir),
Daniela Juckel (design)30 Mar 2008 Latvian National Opera, Riga 2009 La finta giardiniera (Mozart) Anna Dirckinck-Holmfeld (dir),
Sibylle Wallum (design)1 Apr 2010 Stadttheater Bern 2011 I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) Sam Brown (dir),
Annemarie Woods (design)Oct 2012 As.Li.Co., Como and tour References
- ^ Opera Europa website. The beginnings of Opera Europa: a short chronicle
- ^ Opera Europa website. Members list. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ Opera Europa website. About Us pages
- ^ European Opera Days website Retrieved 13 Aug 2011.
- ^ Camerata Nuova website. Was ist der EOP? (German)
- ^ Opera Europa website. European Opera-directing Prize. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
Sources
- Opera Europa website
- Camerata Nuova e.V., Wiesbaden website (German)
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