CFP: The «théâtre musical léger» in Europe: From the Operetta to the Music-hall, Lucca, Oct 2015

http://www.luigiboccherini.org/operetta.html

The «théâtre musical léger» in Europe: From the Operetta to the Music-hall
5-7 October 2015
COMPLESSO MONUMENTALE DI SAN MICHELETTO - Lucca

All proposals should be submitted by email no later than ***Sunday 10 May 2015*** to <conferences -at-luigiboccherini.org>.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words and one page of biography.

organized by
Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini (Lucca/Pistoia)
Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française (Venice)

The programme committee encourages submissions within the following areas, although other topics are welcome:
• The genres of the théâtre musical léger: operetta, revue, caf’conc’, music-hall, chanson réaliste and so forth.
• Musical performing venues (production system, legislation, censorship, etc.)
• Repertoire
• The composers of the théâtre musical léger (Hervé, Offenbach, Gilbert & Sullivan, Lecocq, R. Hahn, Varney, Audran, Planquette, Lehár, Scotto, Sidney Jones, Leoncavallo, Lombardo-Ranzato  and so forth)
• Staging and mise-en-scène
• Exoticism as scenic and sociological component
• Entertainment system in the European countries

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
• Olivier Bara, Lyon2; • Étienne Jardin, Venice; • Lorenzo Frassà, Lucca; • Roberto Illiano, Lucca; • Fulvia Morabito, Lucca; • Michela Niccolai, Conference director, Paris

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
• Susan Rutherford (University of Manchester)
• Olivier Bara (Université Lyon2)

The official languages of the conference are English, French and Italian. Papers selected at the conference will be published in a miscellaneous volume.

For any additional information, please contact:

Dr. Roberto Illiano, conferences -at- luigiboccherini.org
http://www.luigiboccherini.org/operetta.html