Writing a libretto in new opera and music theatre

Teachers: Author and dramaturge Willem Bruls finished his studies Literature and History of Art in 1990 at the Free University in Amsterdam. As an author on music and theatre he wrote several books, most notably a study on Wagner’s Ring-cycle and on Orientalism in Opera. In 2009 his collected essays on music and theatre were published. As a music journalist he contributed to newspapers as De Standaard (Belgium) and The Wall Street Journal Europe. He has written dramaturgical texts for several opera houses in Europe. Bruls is dramaturge of the Operadagen Rotterdam Festival. As a dramaturge he collaborated with directors like Ramsey Nasr (Il re pastore and The Abduction from the Seraglio) and Pierre Audi: La Juive (Bastille/DNO Amsterdam), Partenope (Theater an der Wien), Orlando furioso and Charpentier’s Médée (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées). As a freelance dramaturge he was also involved in productions in Riga, Erfurt and Essen. Together with choreographer Krzysztof Pastor he realized new versions of Romeo and Juliet (Scottish Ballet) and Shéhérazade (National Ballet Amsterdam). For the Ruhrtriennale and Toneelgroep Amsterdam he wrote a stage adaptation of Pasolini’s Teorema (director Ivo van Hove), which was selected for the Lincoln Center Festival in New York. Future projects: The Tempest (Pastor/Neshat) and a book on Music in Venice.
Duration: 5 days (arrival 3/12 evening – departure 9/12)
Subscription's Deadline: 30 September 2012
Quota: 15 participants (10 enoa participants / 5 local participants)
Per-Diem: 32 Euros / day

Selection Criteria: none