| 17 February, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Dr Antony Ernst on Die Feen and Das Liebesverbot |
| 17 March, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Parsifal Easter |
| 21 April, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Professor Nicholas Routley on Hagen the Lawyer |
| 26 May, Women’s Club | 1pm: Annual luncheon celebrating Richard Wagner’s birthday Dr John Casey gave a talk on the Berlin Kupfer/Barenboim Wagner Festival |
| 21 July, Paddington Uniting Church | 1pm: – Recital: Francis Greep and friends, Stuart Skelton, Lisa Harper-Brown and Michael Black with Francis Greep introducing the items as well as accompanying the singers. Lisa Harper Brown sang Song to the Moon from Rusalka by Dvojak and Einsam in trüben tagen (Elsa’s prayer) from Lohengrin. Stuart Skelton sang Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond from Die Walküre and Allmächt’ger Vater, blick herab! from Rienzi. Ms Brown and Mr Skelton then joined Mr Greep to present Das süsse Lied verhallt (Scene 2, Act 3) from Lohengrin. As a change of pace and to show how other composers reacted to Wagner’s powerful influence, Mr Greep was joined by Michael Black to perform Souvenirs de Bayreuth Fantasie en forme de Quadrille (on themes from various Wagner operas) by Fauré and Messager. – Annual General Meeting |
| 15 September, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Götterdämmerung – final instalment of the Kupfer/Barenboim production from Bayreuth |
| 20 October, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Dr Antony Ernst on Rienzi |
| 17 November, Goethe Institut | 1pm: A conversation with Elke Neidhardt about the Adelaide Ring – in which she answered questions about her 2004 production of the Ring in Adelaide, and gave us an insight into the process of directing an opera. |
| 8 December, Goethe Institut | 1pm: End-of-year party – Elizabeth Long: A piano recital and reminiscences – six members honoured as “Friends of the Wagner Society in NSW”. They are Sue Kelly (member number 4), Janet Wayland (10), Clare Hennessy (19), Margaret Hennessy (19A), Barbara Brady (380) and Shirley Robertson (416). |