Environmental opera research

18 March 2022

'''In this international event we ask what eco-sensitive opera research might look like, and how it could respond to the environmental crisis theoretically. ''' Environmental crisis is demands global solutions from all areas of human endeavor. This includes the creation, production, performance, and study of opera. How will the environmental crisis affect opera as an art form as well as opera studies? What new perspectives does the environmental crisis bring to opera and opera research? How can opera and opera research support positive developments on environmental issues?

The international Environmental Opera Research conference will address these questions on the theoretical level. It offers guest lectures by invited international researchers and a keynote lecture by Joy H. Calico (Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, Nashville, USA).

The event is organized by the MuTri Doctoral School and Research Unit and the Opera Programme of Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, in collaboration with the research project Politics of Equality in Finnish Opera (2017–2022), funded by the Academy of Finland.

The conference is part of the world premiere events of All the Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story (2021), the opera by Uljas Pulkkis and Glenda D. Goss. The opera will be performed by the International Opera Programme of Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland, and Vocal Department of Thornton school of Music, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.

The conference is part of the world premiere events of All the Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story (2021), the opera by Uljas Pulkkis and Glenda D. Goss. The opera will be performed by the International Opera Programme of Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland, and Vocal Department of Thornton school of Music, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.

Key note speaker
Joy H. Calico (Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, Nashville, USA)

== Programme == The conference programme will be announced in detail later.

== Enrolment == The link for enrolling the event online will be available on this page later.

== More information == Liisamaija Hautsalo Academy Research Fellow, opera training, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki +358405323425 liisamaija.hautsalo@uniarts.fi

Johanna Rauhaniemi Coordinator, University of the Arts Helsinki +358505169339 johanna.rauhaniemi@uniarts.fi