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complemented by a regular series of conversations with inspiring guest speakers
throughout the season.

The Opera department presents a triple bill of Italian works directed by Stephen Medcalf
and conducted by Head of Opera Dominic Wheeler: Mascagni’sZanetto; Wolf-Ferrari’sIl
segreto di Susanna (Susanna’s Secret); and Donizetti’s Two men and a woman (Rita).

The Guildhall Jazz department will present the first in a year-long series of concerts
charting the history of big band, beginning with the 1920s and 1930s.

Masterclasses and curated concerts will take place with artists including pianists Stephen
Hough, Imogen Cooper, Iain Burnside and Julius Drake; composers Jonathan Dove and
Alison Bauld; and singers Kate Royal and Roderick Williams.

The School’s Research Works seminars continue in online format throughout the season,
in which staff, students and visiting speakers discuss the findings of their ongoing
research.

All content will be available to watch online, for free, via Guildhall School’s website. To
account for social distancing, ground-breaking low-latency technology will be used to
enable larger ensembles to perform together in real time from from across different
venues at the School. Staged productions will feature the work of the School’s Production
Arts department, created in collaboration with the Opera and Drama departments in
accordance with safety and social distancing guidelines.

Event dates and further information will be announced later in August.