| Sunday 5 March, Goethe Institut | 1 – 5pm: CDs – Alpine Symphony and Salome by Richard Strauss |
| Friday 17 April, Goethe Institut | 1 – 5pm: CD –Parsifal |
| Friday 15 May, The Print Room, | 6.30pm: Annual General Meeting |
| Friday 22 May, Menzies Hotel | 7.30 for 8pm: Annual ‘Wagner’s Birthday’ Dinner Guest of Honour: dramatic soprano Sandra Hahn who sang Dich teure Halle, Liebestod and Einsam in trübenTagen by Wagner and Ritorna Vincitor from Aida |
| Sunday 21 June, Goethe Institut | 1 – 5pm: CD – Tristan und Isolde, with Peter Hofman, Hildegard Behrens and Hans Sotin, conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
| Sunday 5 July, Goethe Institut | 3pm: Reception for Michael Hampe, Director, Cologne Opera |
| Saturday 19 July, Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – The Gurrelieder by Arnold SchoenbergSpeaker: John Wregg, resident producer with AO, who gave his impressions of productions in Europe |
| Sunday 9 August, Goethe Institut | Seminar on Lohengrin: – ‘Cuts and Omissions in Performances’ by Dr Leonard Hansen – ‘A Musical analysis of Lohengrin’ by Professor Dennis Hennig – ‘Myths of the Holy Grail and the Swan Knight’ by Professor Andrew Riemer – Panel discussion on the Lohengrin production comprising the speakers, Stuart Challender and Elizabeth Connell – Swan’s farewell sung by Virginia Lamb Reception for Elizabeth Connell |
Friday 4 September Opera Theatre,SOH | Performance of Lohengrin |
| Sunday 20 September, Goethe Institut | 1 – 5pm: CD – Der Freischütz by Weber, singers including Rene Kollo, Hildegard Behrens, Helen Donath and Kurt Moll Reception for Elizabeth Connell |
| Sunday 26 September SOH, Northern Foyer | Performance of Lohengrin Supper hosted by the Society. Invited guests included Conductor, Principals and Production Staff, General Manager and Musical Director of AO |
Sunday 18 October Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – shorter Wagner works including Wesendonck Lieder and Siegfried Idyll |
Sunday 1 November Point Piper | 3 – 5.30pm: Recital on piano and flute by Muriel Cohen and Rosamund Plummer, in the home of His Honour Judge Frank McGrath and Dr Amy McGrath: – two Bach sonatas for flute and piano – Debussy’s En Bateau arranged for flute – the premiere performance of a piece by Dulcie Holland, based on an earlier study for piano – Liszt transcriptions of works by Wagner – Lohengrin’s reproach to Elsa, Das Liebesverbot, Elsa’s Dream and the gradual approach of the Pilgrims. |
Friday 13 November Melbourne | Theatre party to The Flying Dutchman |
Sunday 15 November Goethe Institut | 1 – 5pm: CD – Die Feen (1983 recording at Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, with Kurt Moll and Linda Esther, and conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch) |
Sunday 13 December Goethe Institut | 2.30 – 6pm: Christmas Party |