Study Days

For three years CHOG has offered its audiences the opportunity to attend study sessions on the opera; the talks explore a wide range of subjects: from the cultural background of the work, to the director's perspective. Information on the Study Day that will take place in 2009 will be available in March 2009.

2 May 2009 - Ariodante

  • Prof. Patrick Boyde: Ariosto and Handel
  • Prof. Donald Burrows: The first Covent Garden season
  • Prof. David Kimbell: The infinite variety of the da capo aria
  • John Ramster: Staging Ariodante

5 May 2007 - Imeneo

  • Lawrence Klein: London 1740: contexts of Handel's audience
  • Peter Brown: The Classical Background
  • Donald Burrows: Handel's Imeneo: a difficult birth
  • Tom Hawkes: Staging Imeneo

7 May 2005 - Tamerlano

  • Ruth Smith: Introducing Tamerlano
  • Terence Best: Composing Tamerlano
  • Anthony Hicks: Recording Tamerlano
  • Richard Gregson: Staging Tamerlano

3 May 2003 - Serse

    Talks given by:
  • Donald Burrows
  • Ruth Smith
  • Terence Best
  • Richard Gregson