Call for Papers
Opera and Dance in Nineteenth-Century Italy
This two-day conference invites scholars to explore interactions between opera and dance in Italy and the Italian operatic industry from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives. The overall aim is to consider what the interaction between the two art forms — extending to their literal occupation of the same theatres — might reveal about broader shifts in Italian musical culture across the period 1790–1922.
Deadline: 01.07.2026
Datum und Ort: 14.–15.01.2027, University of Rome La Sapienza
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‘Reasons to sing’: singing, spirituality, and the search for meaning
This multidisciplinary conference examines the experience of singing and song and its connection to spirituality and/or meaning making throughout human history. Why does singing give life meaning for so many people? What is the quality of the relationship between singing and the human spirit (loosely defined)? How does it manifest in our behaviours and practices?
Datum und Ort: 17.–18.09.2026, University of Birmingham (UK)
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Call for Papers
Transnational Opera Studies Conference
Founded in Bologna in 2015, Transnational Opera Studies Conference (TOSC@) is the preeminent academic conference in opera studies. A biennial gathering, it is designed to unite scholars, artists, practitioners, and opera lovers from around the world. TOSC@ welcomes submissions that explore opera and related forms of musical theatre in their historical depth, aesthetic breadth, and cultural complexity. We invite submissions on any subject related to opera, broadly conceived, and other forms of musical and music theatre.
Deadline: 01.10.2026
Datum und Ort: 21.–23.07.2027, Santiago, Chile
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Opera Culture in European Metropolises: A Comparative Perspective on the 1920s and 1930s
(Conference of the DFG research project ‘Berlin Opera Culture 1925–1944’)
Opera, an art form with a specifically urban character that has always been international in scope, did not shut itself off from social and political change. The way we experience opera today took shape particularly during the interwar period. This included the abolition of court opera, the shift from repertoire theatre to en suite theatre, the emergence of stage direction as an art form in its own right, equal to the musical performance, and the widespread mediation of opera events through newspapers, radio and film. Simultaneously, opera institutions faced competition from privately funded musical entertainment theatres, which had a considerable impact on the dramaturgy of the operatic genre. The conference is interdisciplinary in scope and spans the fields of cultural, institutional, compositional and social history of opera.
Datum und Ort: 08.–10.04.2027, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
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