Symposium "Stuttgart 1701"
- Location:
- Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Büchsenstraße 33, 70174 Stuttgart
In the Stuttgart production of Agostino Steffani’s opera *Henrico Leone*—composed in 1689 and presumably directed by Johann Sigismund Kusser in 1701—Henrico’s wife became the title character: Mechtilde.
The entire opera was performed in German, and an allegorical prologue was added. Only a printed copy of the libretto is preserved in the State Archives. Our symposium invites you to take a look behind the scenes of opera production during this period:
What role did Steffani and Kusser play in the tapestry of European court culture? How can their operatic material and scores be adapted for the stage today?
Program
Welcome by il Gusto Barocco
PD Dr. Claire Genewein and Prof. Jörg Halubek
Opening Lecture “Stuttgart and Steffani”
Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold
Lecture – Title to be announced
Prof. Dr. Matthias Schnettger
— Break —
In the French Style: Song, Dance, and Musical Expression in Stuttgart in 1701
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Dobbin and PD Dr. Claire Genewein
Roundtable “Stuttgart 1701”
Cordula Demattio (Dramaturg, National Theater Mannheim)
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Dobbin (HEM Geneva)
Bernd Künzig (SWR)
Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold (University of Heidelberg)
Richard Lorber (Artistic Director, Tage Alter Musik in Herne)
Prof. Dr. Matthias Schnettger (University of Mainz)
Moderator: PD Dr. Claire Genewein
A Look Ahead to Further Opera Rediscoveries by il Gusto Barocco and the Opernaktie
Anja Aumüller, Dagmar Munck, and Claire Genewein