LUCOS
Leeds University Centre for Opera Studies
Formed in 2007, LUCOS draws together the School’s already well-established traditions and reputation for the study, performance, and editing of opera. The Centre is also the focus for projects arising from the University’s exciting new partnership with Opera North, England’s premier regional opera company. LUCOS fosters a research community of academics and master’s/doctoral students with interests in opera studies, including practice-led and historically informed performance activities. It is also designed to encourage collaboration with other research centres and groupings within the School (for example, PopuLUs, LUCEM) and at Faculty and University level (for example, CePRA, CIGS, and PCI). LUCOS is also active in supporting research-led teaching in the School, and developing new opportunities for students to engage with professional opera production, performance, and scholarly studies.
Aims and interests
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to provide a platform for the School’s international research in the field of opera studies
- to promote new, innovative practice and scholarship engaging with any aspect of the world’s operatic traditions and cultures
- to facilitate opera-related research with staff from other schools and disciplines
Key Publications (current and most recent)
Critical editions:
- Brown, Clive, Die Hochzeit des Camacho, Felix Mendelssohn (3 vols: original version 1825, revised version 1827, vocal score 1828) Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (in preparation)
- Holman, Peter, The Sadler's Wells Dialogues (1772-1780), Charles Dibdin, (Wellington NZ: Artaria Edition, 2008)
- Muir, Stephen, Tvrdé palice [The Stubborn Lovers], Opera in I Act by Antonín Dvořák, Critical Edition (Prague & Kassell: Editio-Bärenreiter, forthcoming 2011)
- White, Bryan, Louis Grabu: Albion and Albanius, Purcell Society Companion Series (London: Stainer & Bell, 2007)
Edited volumes:
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Cowgill, Rachel, Cooper, David and Brown, Clive, Art and Ideology in European Opera: Essays in Honour of Julian Rushton (Boydell & Brewer, October, 2010)
For full details of publications in this area, see individual staff pages and Publications and Resources
Events
International Symposium: "Non-Nationalist" Russian Opera
Sex and Sensationalism in Early Romantic Opera (1800-1830)
Symposium: Staging the Feminine: the arts of the prima donna, 1760-1920 (July
2006)
RMA Study Day: The Operas of Anotnin Dvorák
Performances
Felix Mendelssohn, Die Hochzeit des Camacho (in a new edition by Clive Brown)
Anton Salieri, Les Danaïdes, 11, 12 March 2011
Green Angel (collaborative opera project between Adam Stickson (librettist) and Lauren Redhead (composer)). 19 January 2011
Louis Spohr, Pietro von Abano
Projects
Opera North Collaboration
AHRC Collaborative Awards: Opera as Adaptation
Personnel and Membership
Director: Dr Bryan White
Membership (School of Music):
Professor Clive Brown
Professor David Cooper (Dean, Faculty of PVAC)
Professor Peter Holman
Dr George Kennaway
Professor Emeritus Richard Rastall
Professor Emeritus Julian Rushton
Professor Derek Scott
Dr Stephen Muir
Dr Clive McClelland
Dr Mic Spencer
Associate Members:
Professor Emeritus Richard Andrews (Modern Languages)
Dr Kara McKechnie (Performance and Cultural Industries)
Dr Anastasia Belina (School of Music)
PhD Students:
Jorge Balça
Jenny Daniel
Martin Pickard
Lauren Redhead
Adam Strickson
Contact details & mailing list
Leeds University Centre for Opera Studies
School of Music
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
Tel. +44 (0)113 343 2583
Fax. +44 (0)113 343 2586
email: lucos@leeds.ac.uk
