Michael Burden
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Michael Burden BA (Hons), MA (Adelaide), PhD (Edinburgh) is Fellow in Music, Dean and Chattels Fellow at New College, Oxford
; he is also Director of New Chamber Opera, and Reader in Opera Studies in the University of Oxford
.
His research is on the stage music of Purcell
, and on aspects of dance and theatre in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and includes a catalogue of Metastasio’s operas as performed in London, an edition of Le Ballet de la Nuit: Rothschild B1/16/6 with Jennifer Thorp, and a forthcoming biographical account of Regina Mingotti’s years in London. He is currently completing a book on the staging of opera in London 1660 to 1860, and is on the editoral committees for the collected Stradella and Eccles editions.
In October 2007, he was elected a Visitor to Oxford's Ashmolean Museum
; he is also curator of the Music Faculty's collection of portraits. Since 2009, he has been the president of The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
.
New College, Oxford
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
; he is also Director of New Chamber Opera, and Reader in Opera Studies in the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
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His research is on the stage music of Purcell
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, and on aspects of dance and theatre in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and includes a catalogue of Metastasio’s operas as performed in London, an edition of Le Ballet de la Nuit: Rothschild B1/16/6 with Jennifer Thorp, and a forthcoming biographical account of Regina Mingotti’s years in London. He is currently completing a book on the staging of opera in London 1660 to 1860, and is on the editoral committees for the collected Stradella and Eccles editions.
In October 2007, he was elected a Visitor to Oxford's Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...
; he is also curator of the Music Faculty's collection of portraits. Since 2009, he has been the president of The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
The British Society for Eighteenth-century Studies is an interdisciplinary scholarly society based in the United Kingdom which promotes the study of all aspects of 18th-century cultural history...
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- The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
Faculty of Music. Dr. Michael Burden - New College Oxford. Michael Burden