Transnational Opera Studies Conference (TOSC@) — Santiago, Chile, 21–23 July 2027
Founded in Bologna in 2015, Transnational Opera Studies Conference (TOSC@) is the preeminent academic conference in opera studies. A biennial gathering, it is designed to unite scholars, artists, practitioners, and opera lovers from around the world. The conference foregrounds the excellence and boldness of contemporary research on opera and musical theatre in its broadest sense, embracing historical, theoretical, performance, socio-cultural, and interdisciplinary perspectives. The name of the conference (Transnational Opera Studies Conference @) ends with the host city’s name, reflecting the conference’s itinerant spirit.
Following successful meetings in Bologna, Bern, Paris, Bayreuth, Lisbon, and Cambridge, for the first time TOSC@ moves across the Atlantic to the Americas. We are delighted to invite proposals for TOSC@ Santiago 2027, to be held at Santiago, Chile, from 21 to 23 July 2027. This edition aims to foster scholarly exchange across regions and traditions.
Aims and Scope
TOSC@ welcomes submissions that explore opera and related forms of musical theatre in their historical depth, aesthetic breadth, and cultural complexity. We invite submissions on any subject related to opera, broadly conceived, and other forms of musical and music theatre. Presentations which integrate performative aspects, or other alternative formats, are welcome. Methodologies may be varied, traversing disciplines and perspectives, including but not limited to: verbal text, music, drama, performance, body, voice, interpretation, declamation, painting, scenography, dance, staging, stage technology, cinema, photography, video, television, radio, digital arts, as well as reception, historiography, economics, ecology, opera and society, opera and the media, opera and the other arts, opera in a globalized world etc.
Presentations that integrate performative elements (including lecture-recitals), alternative formats, and interdisciplinary methodologies are welcomed.