Author Archives: eidelyn

(3) // Raising the Bar: Agonist Opera, Ensemble Opera, Auteur Opera //

Posted on 23*05*13

In the previous two posts, I outline my thoughts concerning a recent conference for new opera creators, hosted by Sound and Music with the Royal Opera House. It focused on what I’ve termed ‘the ideology of opera creation’ - a set of … Continue reading →

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(2) // opera vs the commodity form //

Posted on 22*05*13

In my previous post, I discussed a recent conference for new opera creators, hosted by Sound and Music with the Royal Opera House. I attempted to outline what I perceived as a particular set of assumptions about how new opera … Continue reading →

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(1) // The Ideology of Opera Creation //

Posted on 30*04*13

The Royal Opera House recently hosted two events addressing the present state and future of opera (you can read my post on the first of these – the opera vs elitism debate - HERE). The second event was a half-day conference … Continue reading →

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Opera, ‘Elitism’ and Trickle-Down Culture

Posted on 06*04*13

The Royal Opera House recently hosted two interesting events addressing the present state and future of opera. The first was a debate called ‘Are Opera and Ballet Elitist?’, held on 11th March and featuring a panel including Mark-Anthony Turnage and … Continue reading →

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Feminist Music at the Southbank: II. Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins & Intersectionality

Posted on 17*03*13

A visit to the Southbank Centre the other week has compelled me to think a few little thoughts about ‘feminist classical music’. Here is the second, in praise of Kurt Weill’s/Bertolt Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins, a rare example (I will argue) of an explicitly … Continue reading →

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While I am very far from rejecting…

…all, or even a significant portion, of what musicologists do by way of analysis or evaluation, I am struck by how much does not receive their critical attention, and by how little is actually done by fine scholars who, for … Continue reading →

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Feminist Music at the Southbank: I. WOWhat?!

Posted on 07*03*13

A visit to the Southbank Centre last week has compelled me to think a few little thoughts about ‘feminist classical music’. Here is the first and it is not a cheerful one::: This weekend, the Southbank Centre is hosting an … Continue reading →

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the biting point in 2013: UPCOMING EVENTS

Posted on 14*02*13

I ruminated at length in the last post about the Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise season, and just last night the season’s tie-in BBC4 documentary The Sound and the Fury aired its first episode (I haven’t seen it yet, but the always-reliable … Continue reading →

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the biting point in 2013: The Rest is Noise

Posted on 26*01*13

The Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival started last weekend and I am terminally ambivalent over it. Sure, there are some really exciting, exclusively 20th-century concerts lined up – a pretty rare thing, and I’m sure they’ll bring in big new audiences … Continue reading →

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Nonclassical & Freedom from Torture presents: KAFKA FRAGMENTS

Posted on 15*12*12

We’ve been very privileged to help out in the programming and organisation of a super-exciting event in aid of the charity Freedom from Torture. As part of a whole month of gigs, including Iceage at the Shacklewell Arms and Bombay … Continue reading →

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