PAST EVENTS IN 2024 |
Sunday
11 February |
12.50pm: DVD - SOH Opening Concert
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2.00pm: A discussion of the Brisbane Ring, led by Helden bass-baritone Warwick Fyfe
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Goethe Institut * |
Wednesday
21 February |
8.00pm: German soprano Alexandra Steiner in conversation from Germany with Ross Whitelaw |
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via Zoom from Berlin |
Sunday
10 March |
12.30pm: DVD - Erich Leinsdorf in rehearsal & performance |
2.00pm: A talk by Heldentenor Simon O’Neill covering his life with Wagner |
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Goethe Institut * |
Wednesday
20 March |
7.00pm: A talk on Wagner in Britain by broadcaster Christopher Cook interviewed by Ross Whitelaw |
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via Zoom from England |
Sunday
21 April
POSTPONED
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12.30pm: DVD - Weber’s Euryanthe (3 Acts) + discussion of production
POSTPONED
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Goethe Institut * |
Sunday
19 May |
2.00pm: Concert with soprano Valda Wilson, bass baritone Eugene Raggio and pianists Katherine Day & Thomas Johnson
followed by Wagner’s birthday celebration |
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Photos 1 & Photos 2
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Goethe Institut * |
Sunday
16 June |
12.00pm: Special Bloomsday live zoom at the Goethe Institut - American music critic & author Alex Ross talks from Los Angeles about Joyce and Wagner. |
1.15pm: AGM [only financial members may vote]
2.00pm: DVD - Christian Thielemann My Richard Strauss
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Zoom photos
AGM photos
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Wednesday 26 June |
12.00pm: Talk via zoom by Chairman, Wagner Society of Southern California, Dr John Mastrogiovanni on Parsifal: The Will and Redemption |
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Zoom |
Sunday
14 July |
12.00pm: DVD - Richard Strauss Gala from Dresden |
2.00pm: Conversation with award-winning Australian baritone Simon Meadows, exploring his career and experiences in the music industry. |
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Goethe Institut * |
Sunday
28 July |
12.00pm: DVD - The Ring without words – Lorin Maazel |
2.00pm: On the 20th anniversary of the SOSA Ring, conversation with production & set designer Michael Scott-Mitchell and lighting designer Nick Schlieper about the Adelaide Ring |
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Sunday
18 August |
12.00pm: DVD - Lotte Lehmann Master Classes Vol. II |
2.00pm: 'Love, Law and Power in Die Walküre' by Dr Antony Ernst, director, dramaturg, lecturer and arts administrator, and Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra |
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Goethe Institut * |
Sunday 29 September |
12.30pm: DVD - Richard Strauss and his Heroines |
2.00pm: WSSA President Dr Geoffrey Seidel on 'Lola Montez - From Saxony to Sydney via Saxony' |
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Goethe Institut * |
Sunday 20 October
CANCELLED
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12.30pm: DVD - Ring highlights from Valencia – Zubin Mehta
CANCELLED
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2.00pm: Robert Gay, teacher of music history courses and leader of international musical and cultural tours, on Cosima Wagner
CANCELLED
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TO BE RESCHEDULED IN 2025 |
Goethe institut* |