The Politics of Opera - Handel's Opera Academics 1719-1737
International Academic Conference
Organised by: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Institute of Music, Media and Speech Siences, Musicology Department, In cooperation with the Handel House Foundation and the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft e. V. music society
Free entry
The International Scholarly Conference at the Handel Festival on 30 and 31 May 2023 aims to explore the political dimensions of Handel’s academies, but also their premises and consequences, and to invite comparison with earlier and later instances of institutionalisation of opera as an art form. Last but not least, the aim is also to critically update historical findings in the context of the situation of opera houses today. The event will start with the awarding of the 2023 International Handel Research Prize.