Wagner Society events held in 2026

Wednesday 4 February

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7.00pm: Talk by Dr Thomas Launius – Parsifal: The Mythological Sources of the Masterpiece – via zoom

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Sunday 8 February

Goethe Institut
12.00 noon: DVD – Inbrunst Im Herzen: Great arias and scenes from Mozart, Wagner and Strauss

2.00pm: Talk by mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble – how to learn an opera score

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Sunday 1 March

Goethe Institut
12.00 noon: DVD – Tony Palmer’s TV classic Wagner – Part 1 [Episodes 1 & 2] 

2.00pm: Talk by Mike Day – Wagner’s painter contemporaries

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Sunday 29 March

Willoughby Uniting Church
2.00pm: Talk by conductor Toby Wong – the Shaumet Music Das Rheingold

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Sunday 19 April

Goethe Institut
1.00pm: AGM 

2.00pm: Talk by Dr Antony Ernst – Die Meistersinger von Nürnbergis not the comedy you think it is

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Wednesday 22 April

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12.00 noon: Talk by F. Peter Phillips, President of the Wagner Society of New York – on the book Performing Wagner: A Singer’s Perspective on the Major Tenor Roles which he co-authored with American Heldentenor Stephen Gould – via zoom

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Wednesday 6 May

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6.00pm: Talk by Belgian Bass Tijl Faveyts on his life with singing Wagner – via zoom

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Sunday 17 May

Mosman Art Gallery
2.00pm: Wagner’s Birthday concertwith heldenbaritone Warwick Fyfe & soprano Lee Abrahmsen, and Glenn Amer at the piano

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Wednesday 17 June 

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7.00pm: Dr Thomas Launius’ talk on Parsifal  continued – How Wagner Developed His Own Mythic Storyline – via zoom

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Sunday 21 June

Goethe Institut
12.00p noon: DVD – Tony Palmer’s Wagner Part 2

2.00pm: Presentation by Dr Chris Sorrell – Early Wagner recordings on Cylinder and Disk

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