Opera Study Day: Gilbert & Sullivan, in Their Times and Ours

The University of King’s College Early Modern Studies Program
and
Opera Nova Scotia

Gilbert and Sullivan, in Their Times and Ours: a Study Day

As an introduction to Opera Nova Scotia’s Spring Production of The Gondoliers, May 24^th and 25^th, Sir James Dunn Theatre Dalhousie Arts Centre, the Kings Early Modern Studies Program and Opera Nova Scotia present a Study Day on the Savoy Operettas within both their own era and their modern legacy.

Schedule

9:30 a.m. Registration

10 a.m. Welcome, Prof. Shao-Pin Luo, Study Day Coordinator

10:10 a.m. Prof. Walter H. Kemp,” Gilbert and Sullivan in the History of Operetta from Offenbach to Sondheim”

10:55 a.m. Prof. Roberta Barker,” The Gondoliers and Victorian Popular Theatre”

11:45 a.m. Prof. Simon Kow, “Japan, The Mikado, and Issues in 21^st Century Theatre Production”.

12:30 p.m. Lunch (quiches, salad, sweets, tea/coffee/juice)

1:30 p.m. Mike Leigh’s ‘Topsy Turvy’, with Introduction by Prof. David Nicol

4:10 p.m. Discussion and Conclusion, Prof. Shao-Pin Luo, Moderator.

Registration

Full Day including Lunch $25.00
Full Day without Lunch $15:00
Partial Registration, without Lunch: morning talks only, or afternoon film only, $10:00

Deadline for receiving Full Day registration reservation by email or telephone: Thursday April 18
Reservation requests received after April 18 cannot be guaranteed lunch

Send your email notice of intent for Saturday registration to Prof. Shao-Pin Luo, sluo@dal.ca, or telephone Prof. Walter H. Kemp, 902-852-5170. At the Saturday 9:30 a.m. Registration, KTS Lecture Hall foyer, you will fill out the Registration Reservation Form and receive your Lunch ticket

Registration Form