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OBERTO is the opera research unit @oxford_brookes. Follow us for news on our research, media & outreach work.

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OBERTO regulars will, we're sure, be appalled to read this. Opera has always been a strength at Brookes, in terms of publications, awards, research income, and our OBERTO events have created vital connections between academia and the opera industry. They are completely unique.
Music at Brookes (@musicatbrookes) profile pictureMusic at Brookes@musicatbrookes16 Nov 2023
We are sad to share with you the news that Oxford Brookes University has decided to close its music department. Below a statement from the music team - we are all devastated.
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Obviously our opera research unit is no more, because the staff members involved were made redundant, but we thought followers might like to read about this, which connects to many of the themes discussed at our conferences over the years. Please buy Alex's book!
Alexandra Wilson (@amwilson_opera) profile pictureAlexandra Wilson@amwilson_opera18 Apr 2025
Available to pre-order! My new book, "Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British" traces attitudes towards opera, 1920-2020. It reveals a forgotten history of popular opera-going, which challenges the elitism stereotype. It also examines when and why that stereotype arose. /
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A lot of Wagner stuff on that shelf!
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Replying to @pzparker @zerlinavulliamy @BBCRadio3 @ignatius_sancho @StreetwiseOpera @TimGarlandMusic @asafsirkis @GwilymSimcock @BBCSounds
Just grasped that this is an opera. Of course, we have a much-admired opera research unit at Brookes, @ObertoBrookes, which will cease to be when we are made redundant next week. Did @ignatius_sancho even know about it, I wonder? We could have worked together. @BarbaraEichner
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Replying to @amwilson_opera @pzparker @zerlinavulliamy @BBCRadio3 @ignatius_sancho @StreetwiseOpera @TimGarlandMusic @asafsirkis @GwilymSimcock @BBCSounds @ObertoBrookes
Each year our @ObertoBrookes conferences addressed pressing issues in the opera industry and the many creative initiatives opera companies are undertaking today. My own research reveals a whole hidden history of working-class opera in the UK. Many missed opportunities here.
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Congratulations to music prof Alexandra Wilson, whose new book has taken an important hurdle! Good luck with the final leap! #opera #elitism #britishhistory #musicology @ObertoBrookes @brookes_oa @oxford_brookes
Alexandra Wilson (@amwilson_opera) profile pictureAlexandra Wilson@amwilson_opera19 Apr 2024
Contract signed so I think I can make this public now. OUP will publish my book "Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British". I examine British attitudes towards opera, 1920-2020, reveal a forgotten history of popular opera going, and trace the rise of the elitism stereotype.
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Young lad next to me @southbankcentre got his ticket for a fiver. Such good value and a fabulous concert. Rachmaninov 2 was stupendous and I enjoyed those tricky Strauss songs. Heart warming to chat to a youngster with a passion for classical music
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Every time I see this, I think "Il tabarro".
Paintings of London (@PaintingsLondon) profile picturePaintings of London@PaintingsLondon14 Feb 2024
'The Towpath', Maida Hill Tunnel (1912) by Christopher RW Nevinson (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
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Our series of staff spotlights continues. Meet Dr Matt Lawson, Senior Lecturer in Music and specialist for film music, especially all things John Williams!
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At Brookes we have always had an excellent track record of introducing young people to opera for the first time - in some cases giving them a potentially lifelong source of enjoyment. If the BA Music closes, as currently planned, all this stops.
Music at Brookes (@musicatbrookes) profile pictureMusic at Brookes@musicatbrookes14 Feb 2024
Happy faces after "The Barber of Seville" at the London Coliseum. What better way to spend Valentine's Day than a study trip to the opera? #opera
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Happy faces after "The Barber of Seville" at the London Coliseum. What better way to spend Valentine's Day than a study trip to the opera? #opera
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Channel 4, opera from Glyndebourne
Scott Bryan (@scottygb) profile pictureScott Bryan@scottygb15 Jan 2024
Following the success of Gladiators, which 90s show would you reboot?
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We are introducing a new series of posts highlighting the wonderful staff that make up the Music team at Brookes! Today's Staff Spotlight: Prof Alexandra Wilson (Professor of Music and Cultural History) @amwilson_opera @ObertoBrookes @obuengagement @oxford_brookes
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UNESCO awards world heritage status to Italian opera! Take that, Herr Wagner! bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-…
Unesco: Italian opera singing gets cultural heritage status

Unesco: Italian opera singing gets cultural heritage status

The four-centuries-old art mixing costume, drama and music joins other global customs and traditions.

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ISM@ISM_music30 Nov 2023
ISM Chief Executive @deborahannetts and members of the ISM Council have written to Oxford Brookes, calling on them to reconsider their ‘deeply concerning’ decision to close their music department. Read the letters in full 👇
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.@RoyalHistSoc has today issued a statement on the proposed cuts and closures @oxfordbrookes in #History & other depts bit.ly/40YVjut These cuts are extensive. They risk the future of staff students, and the very research culture for which Brookes historians are known.
Opening section of Royal Historical Society statement on Oxford Brookes University/

ALT Opening section of Royal Historical Society statement on Oxford Brookes University/

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Without a music department at Brookes, there won't be an OBERTO opera research group! Please sign the petition, set up by Brookes music students, if you support music education and opera research at Brookes! #savemusicatbrookes #savebrookesmusic #opera change.org/p/save-music-at-o…
Sign the Petition

Sign the Petition

Save Music at Oxford Brookes University

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Can you spare a moment to help @musicatbrookes @ObertoBrookes @CraigyNdot @amwilson_opera @BarbaraEichner et al? Please share & consider how this shapes our creative ecology. Help them have a voice by using ours #music #opera #learning #research #teaching chng.it/xVDRXwpbqN
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Sign the Petition

Save Music at Oxford Brookes University

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Please keep sending your thoughts on the Brookes music closure to the VC and governors. A 12-month reprieve for all staff to develop new programmes would really help us. Steady stream of letters good - keep them coming.
ISM (@ISM_music) profile pictureISM@ISM_music20 Nov 2023
'it is profoundly worrying to see opportunities to study music in the UK being further reduced' ISM Chief Executive @DeborahAnnetts urges Oxford Brookes to reconsider their decision to close their music department in @CMU 👇 completemusicupdate.com/oxfo…
Oxford Brookes University to close music department

Oxford Brookes University to close music department

The music industry has responded to the news that Oxford Brookes University is closing its music department

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.@ianpacemain deplores that many music academics live in continual fear for their jobs thecritic.co.uk/dont-stop-th…
Don’t stop the music | Ian Pace | The Critic Magazine

Don’t stop the music | Ian Pace | The Critic Magazine

This week has seen the announcement of closure of the music and mathematics departments at Oxford Brookes University. Staff face redundancy either later this academic year or after “teaching out”…

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