Italian musical Migration to the British Isles

10 April 2019, Birmingham
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The Dome, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham

9.15 AM – Registration and Welcome
9.45 AM – Introduction

10.00 AM – Keynote
Susan Rutherford (University of Manchester)
'Vocal Pedagogy and Italian Musical Migration, 1700–1950'
Chair: Matthew Gardner (University of Tübingen)

11.00-11.30 AM – Coffee break

First Session
Chair: Ben Curry (University of Birmingham)

11.30 AM – Anisha Netto (University of Southampton)
'The Final Da Ponte Trilogy: Libretti for Peter (von) Winter, King’s Theatre, London, 1803–1804'

12 NOON – Judit Zsovár (Independent scholar)
'In Favour with Queen and Nation: Giulia Grisi, the ‘Fugitive Norma’ in London'

12.30 PM – Massimo Zicari (Conservatorio di Lugano)
'Opera Reception and Cultural Stereotypes in Victorian London'

1.00-2.00 PM – Lunch

Second Session
Chair: Colin Timms (University of Birmingham)

2.00 PM – Nicolò Palazzetti (Université de Strasbourg)
'Italian Musical Migration to London in the Age of Diaspora'

2.30 PM – Simone Laghi (Cardiff University)
'Italian Chamber Music Compositions in London, 1765–1790: The Rise and Fall of a Repertoire'

3.00 PM – Federica Nardacci (Royal College of Music)
'Alberto Antonio Visetti: a Promoter of Italian Music in England'

3.30-4.00 PM – Tea break

Third Session
Chair: Paul Rodmell (University of Birmingham)

4.00 PM – Flora Willson (King’s College)
'Touring for Posterity: Falstaff, Manon Lescaut and the Italian Opera Tradition in 1894 London'

4.30 PM – Alexandra Wilson (Oxford Brookes University)
'Opera for the ‘Country Lout’: Italian Opera and the 1920s Battle of the Brows'

5.00 PM – Andrew Holden (Oxford Brookes University)
'A Slice of Operatic Life in the East End of London, 1880–1950'

5.30-6.00 PM – Closing Remarks

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