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Monday, September 22nd 2025
| 9:00 | Meet & Greet Davide Mazzi, Department of Studies on Language and Culture – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Marina Bondi, Vecchi-Tonelli’ Conservatory of Modena and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Giuseppe Fausto Modugno, ‘Vecchi-Tonelli’ Conservatory of Modena |
9:30 | Chair: Marina Bondi Keynote Antonella Coppi, IUL, Florence Polimnia and Opera for All! The Italian Lifelong Learning Artistic Project for Social Change |
| 10:30 | Keynote Federica Pedriali, University of Edinburgh Invisible Cities: Opera and Intermedia Transformations in Calvino’s Urban Imaginary |
| 11:30 | Coffe Break |
12:00 | Chair: Giovanna Buonanno Keynote Gaetano Stella, Conservatory of Frosinone Pietro Platania’s Spartaco: A Forgotten Success Between Erudition and Verismo |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 | Keynote Riccardo Santoboni, Maurizio Giri, Conservatory of Frosinone Spartacus 2.0: Rewriting and Remediation of a Forgotten Opera from the Late 19th-Century Neapolitan School. |
| 16:00 | Coffe Break |
16:30 | Chair: Massimo Sigillò Massara Keynote Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Accademia d’Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico Prologo fra i sassi alla Cavalleria Rusticana: I sette peccati capitalisti |
| 18:00 | Opening Concert SeiOttavi Vocal Harmony Germana Di Cara (Soprano), Alice Sparti (Mezzo-Soprano), Giulia Fassari (Alto), Simona Trentacoste (Alto), Ernesto Marciante (Tenor), Vincenzo Gannuscio (Baritone), Massimo Sigillò Massara (Bass). |
Tuesday, September 23rd 2025
10:00 | Chair: Serena Guarracino Keynote Jesse Rosenberg, Northwestern University “Opera and Race”: A Bulletin on an American University Course |
| 11:15 | Coffe Break |
| 11:30 | Keynote Alessandro Carrera, University of Houston Opera and the Borders of Cancel Culture |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
14:30 | Chair: Vincenzo Gannuscio Poster Session |
| 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 | Workshop Benedetta Bronzini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Anna Serlenga Corps Citoyen Opera as a Social Device: Selam Opera! (Berlin) and Trap Community Opera (Milan) |
| 18:30 | Guided Tour of the Pavarotti-Freni Opera House (1 hour) |
Wednesday, September 24th 2025
10:00 | Chair: Francesca Fantappié Keynote Philippe Vendrix, University of Tours Musicological Research and the Challenges of Data Science and Heritage Science |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 | Keynote Marc Jeannin, University of Angers Bringing Opera to Broader Audiences: The Impact of Technology and Cross-Cultural Dimensions |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
14:30 | Chair: Alessandro Carrera Keynote Silvia del Zoppo, Conservatory of Gallarate L’Antologia di Spoon River a Milano: Actualizations and Reinterpretations of a “Secular Oratorio” |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 | Workshop Attilio Cantore, Stefano Dalfovo, Silvia Del Zoppo, Editor di Music Paper Music Paper: New Challenges in Digital Music Communication |
| 17.30 | Concert David Pouliquen Opera Arias |
Thursday, September 25th 2025
10:00 | Chair: Francesca Fantappié Keynote Alberto Mammarella, Conservatory of Pescara Un bagno freddo o Una notte fortunata: An Unknown and Unpublished Source for the Reconstruction of Neapolitan Musical Theatre in the Late 19th Century |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 | Keynote Vania Cauzillo, Theresa Schmitz, University of Basilicata – RESEO What is a Community Opera? Exploring the Role of Professionals in Collaborative Opera Creation / Aspects of Contemporary Opera for Young Audiences: a Genre between Adult Concepts and Children’s Reception |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
14:30 | Chair: Benedetta Bronzini Keynote Hector Sequera Mora, University of Durham Text and Action: Let Opera Speak! Lessons from History |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 | Workshop Giuliano Bracci, Conservatory of Piacenza Transcribing Between Listening, Memory and Invention |
| 17:30 | Awarding of Certificates and Closing Remarks Angela Albanese, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia |
| 18:00 | Final Concert Giuseppe Fausto Modugno, Paolo Andreoli, Conservatory of Modena |