Organization of the Opera Operation 1

Subject guarantor:

Ingeborg RADOK ŽÁDNÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Ingeborg RADOK ŽÁDNÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. Introduction to the particular environment of Opera

2. Introduction to the structure and organization of an opera house.

3. Introduction to the economic operation of Opera and various types of financing

4. Introduction to running of an opera institution in relation to the prepration and implementation of an opera staging.

5. Enable students to get an overview of opera institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad.

Mode of study:

lectures, moderated discussions, analyes of opera performances attended, analysis of a model budget.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No knowledge requirements necessary.

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

The organization of an Opera is a complex process which must respect artistic, economic and practical viewpoints vertically and horizontally.

1. Opera - The genre of Opera and its particulars

2. An opera house's structure - artistic and non-artistic professions, management.

3. Opera house organization

4. Opera ensembles in the Czech Republic - brief characteristics, artistic direction, finance, mulit-ensemble theatre, perspectives in theatre with opera.

5. Opera houses in Europe and the USA - function, financing, repertoire

6. Opera festival in the Czech Republic and abroad

7. Artistic elements of an opera ensemble

8. Non-artistic professions and elements

9. Opera house dramaturgy - criteria, requirements, dramaturgic plan

10. Planning - production, weekly and monthly planning, year plans, multi-year plans.

11. Economic aspects - budget, income and expenditure, sefl-sufficiency, professional fees

12. Labor and monetary relations.

Recommended or required reading:

Bing Rudolf. 5000 večerů v opeře. Editio Supraphon, Praha, 1988.

Johnová Radka. Marketing kulturního dědictví a umění. Grada, 2008.

Kaiser M. Michael. Strategické plánování v umění: praktický průvodce. Institut umění - Divadelní ústav, 2006.

Nekolný Bohumil a kol. Divadelní systémy a kulturní politika. Edice Box, Divadelní ústav, 2006.

Orrey Leslie. A Concise History of Opera. Thames and Hudson, LTD London, GB, 1972.

Šesták, Jiří. Divadlo-kultura-podmínky (Osobní zkušenost). Edice Disk velká řada - svazek 20. KANT, Praha, 2012

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on activity in lectures and development of the course paper.

During the semester independent readings are required. The overal grading is comprised of 20% for activity in lectures, 30% for the written and 50% for the oral exam sections.

Course web page:

www.operabase.com www.operissimo.com

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Hudební management (Bc) (next compulsory subject)