| 5 February | 12 noon: DVD - Part 1 of Wagner’s early Romantic opera, Der fliegende Hollander. Hartmut Handchen conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Juha Uusitalo sings the title role. |
2pm: The Souffleuse and the Singer: the working relationship between the singer and the prompt by Sharolyn Kimmorley and Robert Mitchell |
Goethe Institut |
| 25 March | 12.30pm: DVD - Part 2 of Der fliegende Hollander | 2pm: The Melbourne Ring. Maureen Wheeler, Principal Donor, and Richard Mills, Conductor, discuss their shared involvement in the 2013 ‘Ring’ Cycle in Melbourne. | Goethe Institut |
| 28 March |
2pn: SPECIAL EVENING FUND RAISING EVENT – Heath Lees: The Women in Wagner’s Life and Art |
Goethe Institut | |
| 22 April | 12.30pm: DVD - Max Lorenz: Wagner’s Mastersinger - Hitler’s Siegfried | 2pm: Emotional Noise: the relationship between sound, music, visual image and emotions (Wagner’s sound world) by Catherine Gleeson and Andrew Belletti (Australian Film, Television and Radio School) |
Goethe Institut |
| 20 May | 12.30pm: DVD - The Golden Ring: the making of Solti’s ‘Ring’ | 2pm: Annual General Meeting; Wagner’s Birthday Celebration; Lisa Harper-Brown, Young Dramatic Soprano, with Stephen Mould – Piano. A Program of Richard Wagner’s works: "Elsa’s Dream" - Lohengrin; Wesendonck Lieder; “Der Männer Sippe” - Die Walküre |
Goethe Institut |
| 17 June | 1pm: Sins of the Father: a story about Liszt and Wagner, with musical illustrations (by Jessica Duchen) presented by Damien Beaumont (ABC Classic FM); In Conversation with |
Goethe Institut | |
| 8 July | 12.30pm: DVD - Act 1 of The Royal Danish Opera’s production of Tannhäuser, with Stig Andersen in the title role. | 2pm: Off the record and between the lines. Peter Bassett talks about his new book, 1813 Wagner and Verdi: A celebration. | Goethe Institut |
| 12 August | 12.30pm: DVD - Act 2 of The Royal Danish Opera’s production of Tannhäuser | 2pm: Our new Patron visits: Simone Young meets and greets the Wagner Society in NSW |
Goethe Institut |
| 16 September | 12.30pm: DVD - Act 3 of The Royal Danish Opera’s production of Tannhäuser | 2pm: In Conversation with John Pickeringon: Life in Germany, and Lübeck; and Members’ Feedback: Bayreuth 2012 |
Goethe Institut |
| 21 October | 1pm: In Conversation with John Wegner |
Goethe Institut | |
| 11 November |
End of Year Special Event - Concert with Warwick Fyfe and |
Mosman Art Gallery |