15 February, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Talk by John Wegner – Karlsruhe Wotan, Adelaide’s Wotan and fresh from Bayreuth |
27 February, Opera Theatre, SOH | 7pm: Tannhäuser Theatre Party |
15 March, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Parsifal, Met Opera, with Waltraud Meier and Siegfried Jerusalem |
8 April, Concert Hall, SOH | SSO Concert: Richard Strauss and Wagner |
19 April, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Antony Ernst: first of a series of lectures on The Ring – ‘Das Rheingold and Wagner the man’ |
24 May, Ritz Carlton Hotel | 12pm for 12.30pm: Richard Wagner birthday luncheon Guest of Honour: Bill Gillespie (Artistic Director, State Opera of South Australia) |
21 June, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Antony Ernst: ‘Die Walküre and Wagner’s musical sources’ |
19 July, Goethe Institut | 1pm: – AGM – Antony Ernst: ‘Siegfried and Wagnerian voices – why are they different?’ |
20 September, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Antony Ernst: ‘Götterdämmerung and some production difficulties in staging the Ring’ |
18 October, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Götterdämmerung |
15 November, Goethe Institut | 1pm: – Video – ‘The Ring for Television’ (Chéreau production) – Richard Wagner’s Market |
13 December, Goethe Institut | 2pm: Christmas Party |