The 2nd World Opera Symposium, Struer, Denmark May 11th-May 13, 2009

PROGRAM

May 11th,2009

Location: Folkets Hus, Struer, The Peoples House
1.00 pm - 2.00 pm Registration
2.00 pm - 2.45 pm
Welcome to Struer and The International World Opera
2.45pm - 3.00 pm
short intermission
3.00 pm - 3.45 pm
The vision of the World opera revisited by the general manager Niels Windfeld Lund

LOCATION: Struer Music School, Bredgade 6

5pm-6pm: Transcontinental Electronic Café between Los Angeles, New York and Struer : When the Arts go out in space: on the performing arts in the Global cybervillage, introduction by Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, LA and comments from Mark Schubin, NY

6pm-7.00pm: World Premiere for The Transatlantic Opera Stage Struer- New York - Operatic Highlights from Mozart , Verdi and Gershwin: a showcase
7.30pm - Reception at Gimsinghoved, transport by taxi

May 12th, 2009
Location: The Peoples House, Struer whole day

Technical/Artistic challenges / possibilities for Opera
9.15am - 10. 45am
Report from " The Montreal Experiments - February 2009 - Classical opera in a distributed format " presented by Associate professor Jeremy Cooperstock, McGill University, Musical director Niels Muus, Vienna, and others
10.45am-11.15am coffee - break
11.15am - noon
Report from the Niels Klim project : The libretto draft has arrived !
("Niels Klim" will be the first opera performed in a transcontinental format)

noon-1pm
Lunch in The Peoples House

1pm-3pm
13.00-14.00 Digital scenography in Opera - Experience at CAVI , The Centre for Advanced Visualization and Interaction, presentation by Morten Lervig, Deputy Manager, CAVI, University of Aarhus, Denmark, http://www.cavi.dk/digitalscenography.php
14.00-15.00
Report from VERDIONE project (Virtually Enhanced Real-life synchronizeD Interaction - ON the Edge) - by Alexander Eichhorn, project manager
kl. 15.00-15.30 coffee break

15.30-17.00
Artistic and Technical challenges for the World Opera - plenary discussion

connection to World opera partners in NY

Dinner at Grand hotel kl. 19.30

Wednesday May 13
Struer Music School (ACROSS THE STREET FROM PEOPLES HOUSE)

9.15 am - noon
What's next - untill 3rd World Opera Symposium in 2010
Workshop led by Niels Windfeld Lund, general manager The World Opera
on World Opera projects - World Opera infrastructure

kl. 12-13
lunch - departure

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Transport/location:
Struer is located in the North-Western part of Denmark and can be reached either by train directly to Struer from Copenhagen or Aarhus and by flight to Karup Airport with connecting air-taxi (400 DKK per person) to Struer.
Some of you may come directly from AES (Audio Engineering Society Convention) in Munich and there are possibilities of flight connections to Karup with change in Copenhagen.

Please do not hesitate to contact Niels Windfeld Lund, contact info below, if you have any questions regarding transportation.

The Sessions will primarily take place at the Peoples House, Folkets Hus, located more or less across the street from Grand hotel.
You can get more information about Struer here: http://www.visitstruer.dk/uk_start.asp?id=106

Accommodation:
The World Opera has made 35 pre-reservations based on an agreement with Struer Grand Hotel consisting of:

single room with full breakfast
a dinner on Tuesday night (drinks on your own)

with 2 options:

2 nights in total including taxes etc. 1675 DKK
(Arriving Monday and leaving Wednesday)

or
3 nights in total including taxes etc. 2400 DKK

Reservation can be made either to The World Opera or directly to the Hotel:
www.struergrandhotel.dk,
email: sgh@struergrandhotel.dk,
Østergade 24 . DK-7600 Struer


Tlf. +45-9785 0400, Fax. +45-9785 1141

Registration and Conference fee:

Registration is done in 2 steps:

1. step

send an email to niels.windfeld.lund@uit.no AS SOON AS POSSIBLE with:

name, address, eventual affiliation to institution/organisation

2nd step:

Payment of conference fee

Registration before April 25th, 2009:

covering administration, coffee/tea break, reception and 2 lunches
800 DKK / US $ 145

Registration after April 25th, 2009 and no later than Monday May 11th, 2009:
1000 DKK / US $ 180

The fee should be paid to :
The International World Opera Association
DANSKE BANK
Within Denmark: Account 10398827
From abroad: IBAN: DK78 3000 0010 3988 27

Questions/ further information:

Follow updated information on www.theworldopera.org

or contact
Niels Windfeld Lund, general manager, The World Opera
Bredgade 6, Struer, Denmark
email: niels.windfeld.lund@uit.no
mobile phones:
Denmark: +45-50176016
Norway: +47-46673736