Sunday 19 February, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Rienzi |
Sunday 19 March, Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – Parsifal |
Sunday 16 April , Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – Tristan und Isolde |
Friday 19 May, Menzies Hotel | 7.30pm: Annual ‘Wagner’s Birthday’ DinnerGuest of Honour: Moffatt OxenbouldConal Coad sang one Wagner and two Verdi arias. Menu |
Sunday 21 May, Goethe Institut | 1pm: – Annual General Meeting– Video – Das Liebesverbot (1983, Graz Opera House) |
Sunday 18 June, Goethe Institut | 1pm: CS – Lohengrin (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Georg Solti, Placido Domingo and Jessye Norman) |
Sunday 15 July,Goethe Institut | 9.30am – 5.30pm: Seminar on Die Walküre Speakers: – Dennis Hennig – the score – Professor Michael Ewans – Interaction of the music and the drama – Professor Andrew Riemer – the myths on which the Ring is based – Discussion panel – speakers plus Donald Shanks and John Wegner, chaired by member Arthur Carter |
Sunday 7 August, Sydney Opera House, Northern Foyer | 6pm: Reception for Donald McIntyre, jointly hosted by The Opera Guild and the Society |
Saturday 12 August, Opera Theatre, SOH | 6pm: Theatre party to Die Walküre |
Sunday 20 August, Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – Flying Dutchman |
Sunday 17 September, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – documentaries |
Sunday 15 October, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Mini-seminar on Tannhäuser Speakers: – Werner Baer MBE – the opera and some musical aspects – John Clifton-Everest – ‘The German lure of the Venusberg’– Sandra Hahn sang ‘Elizabeth’s Greeting’ and ‘Elizabeth’s Prayer’ |
Sunday 19 November, Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – Tannhäuser |
Saturday 2 December, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne | 6pm: Tannhäuser |
Sunday 17 December, Goethe Institut | 2.30pm: – Recital by Virginia Lamb and Peter Binning singing Liebestod, Alberich’s curse duet and Act II from The Flying Dutchman– Christmas Party |