Society events held in 1995

29 January Metcalfe Auditorium, SLNSW	*1pm: Video – Das Rheingold* (Kupfer’s 1992 Bayreuth production)**
12 February Metcalfe Auditorium, SLNSW	1pm: – Alison Gyger (Jones) talking on Wagnerian opera in Australia *– Video – Wagner Gala, from Berlin*
12 March Metcalfe Auditorium, SLNSW	1pm: Arthur Carter (member) and Ramon Josey talking on ‘Wagnerian Singers in Australia’
2 April The Opera Centre, 480 Elizabeth Street	10am-4pm: Robert Gay’s presentation of Wagner’s early operas: Die Feen, Das Liebesverbot and Rienzi
7 May Metcalfe Auditorium	12 noon: Video – The Met’s 1993 production of Parsifal
21 May Ritz Carlton Hotel	Richard Wagner Birthday Lunch Guest of honour: Donald McDonald (General Manager, AO)
27 May Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane	4.30pm: Group visit – Concert performance of Parsifal
2 July Metcalfe Auditorium	2pm: – AGM – Video – Wagner Gala – Concert from Berlin
27 July Melbourne Concert Hall	8pm: Wagner Gala Concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Simone Young conducting and soloists Elizabeth Connell and Bruce Martin
30 July Metcalfe Auditorium	1pm: – Talk by Simone Young – Video: Wagner’s Women
13 August Metcalfe Auditorium	*12 noon: Video – Siegfried* (Kupfer’s 1992 Bayreuth production)**
10 September Metcalfe Auditorium	*11.30am: Video – Götterdämmerung* (Kupfer’s 1992 Bayreuth production)**
22 October Metcalfe Auditorium	1pm: Talk on Kirsten Flagstad by Arthur Carter (member)
10 November Eugene Goosens Hall, ABC Building, Ultimo	7.30pm: Solti’s 1958 recording of Das Rheingold
19 November Metcalfe Auditorium	11.30am: Seminar on Das Rheingold. Speakers included: – Professor Michael Ewans – Dr Antony Ernst – Associate Professor Andrew Riemer
30 November Concert Hall, SOH	*7.30pm: Das Rheingold* concert performance by the SSO**
2 December Concert Hall, SOH	1pm: Das Rheingold concert performance by the SSO
10 December The Opera Centre, 480 Elizabeth Street	2pm: Christmas Party