Thursday 8 February, Opera Centre, Surry Hills | 6.15pm: Recital by pianist Dennis Hennig, sponsored by the Opera Guild, to launch his Tausig Wagner CD which was also sponsored by the Society. |
Sunday 11 March, Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – Elektra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Georg Solti |
Sunday 15 April, Goethe Institut | 1pm: CD – Parsifal, conductor Hans Knappertsbusch |
Sunday 20 May, Goethe Institut | 1pm: – Annual General Meeting – Video – Das Rheingold |
Friday 25 May, Menzies Hotel | 7.30pm: Annual ‘Wagner’s Birthday’ Dinner Guest of Honour: Bernadette Cullen Lucy McPherson sang two arias from Tannhäuser |
Sunday 17 June, Goethe Institut | 9.30am: Seminar on Tristan und Isolde Speakers:– Dennis Hennig – Dr Helen Fulton– Professor Andrew Riemer – Andrew Sharpe |
Sunday 15 July, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Lecture by Fred Blanks, Sydney musicologist and critic, on ‘Gustav and Cosima’ |
Sunday 19 August, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Die Walküre |
Monday 24 September, The Print Room | A special evening – Leo Schofield opened the Society’s exhibition of the Murray Smith Lohengrin Collection – the original drawings of the set & costume designs by Frank Hinder for the 1958 production of Lohengrin by the Elizabethan Theatre, which had been purchased by the Society. |
Sunday 16 October, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Siegfried |
Thursday 27 October, Opera Theatre, SOH | Theatre party for Lohengrin |
Sunday 18 November, Goethe Institut | 12pm: Short service to commemorate the life of Leonard Hansen, Foundation President 1pm: Video – Götterdämmerung |
Sunday 16 December, Goethe Institut | 2pm: Christmas Party Guest: Elizabeth Allen, former member of the AO Chorus |