18 February, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Das Rheingold (Bayreuth 1991/92 – Barenboim & Kupfer – Tomlinson, Finnie, Johansson, Svenden, von Kannen, Hölle, Kang etc). Whole Ring Cycle to be shown over 2001-2002 |
18 March, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Die Walküre (Bayreuth 1991/92 – Barenboim & Kupfer) |
8 April, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Parsifal (Bayreuth 1981 – Stein & Wagner – Weikl, Salminen, Sotin, Jerusalem, Randova etc) |
20 May, The Women’s Club | Annual lunch to commemorate Richard Wagner’s birthday, 22 May 1813. Guest Speaker, Professor Nicholas Routley from the Music Department of the University of Sydney, spoke on Parsifal and Ritual |
15 July – Goethe Institut – Home of Helen and Peter Hall | 1pm: – AGM – Recital by Warwick Fyfe, Bass, and Stephen Mould, piano. Warwick sang a selection of songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Liszt and Loeew. – afternoon tea – a short talk by Simon Williams, Professor of Dramatic Art, University of California, Santa Barbara, on Assailing the Hero: the Directors approach to Wagnerian Opera |
20 – 22 July, Catersfield, Pokolbin | Parsifal Seminar – lecturer is Simon Williams, Professor of Dramatic Art, University of California, Santa Barbara |
16 September, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Video – Siegfried (Bayreuth 1991/92 – Barenboim & Kupfer) |
21 October, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Discussion led by members who attended the 2000 and 2001 Bayreuth Festivals |
18 November, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of NSW, with Dr Boman and Dr Stephen Freiberg: Psychological Aspects of the Major Characters in Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungen |
9 December, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Annual Society Christmas Party; Wagner in Hollywood – Movie/Music Quiz |