| 15 February, Goethe Institut | 1pm: A ‘Post-mortem’ on Opera Australia’s production of ‘Der fliegende Holländer’ – a chance to have your say |
| 21 March, Goethe Institut | 1pm: A talk on Berlioz and Wagner by Robert Gay |
| 18 April, Goethe Institut | 1pm: A talk by Special Guest Margaret Whitlam about things Wagnerian in her lifeThis was then followed by a screening of one of Mrs Whitlam’s favourite “chunks”, the love duet from Act 2 of Tristan and Isolde. |
| 23 May, Goethe Institut | 1pm: – Annual General Meeting – Recital by the four Sydney Conservatorium opera students who we have sponsored in German language courses at the Goethe Institut this year – Erin O’Connor, Emily Garth, Rebecca Hilder and Jessica Pratt, accompanied by Sharolyn Kimmorley [Bayreuth Scholar for 2003]. – The Master’s Birthday Party – a catered birthday celebration, taking the place of the annual luncheon |
| 18 July, Goethe Institut | 1pm: A survey of Ring Cycle production styles by Dr Antony Ernst |
| 19 September, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Preparation for the Ring – Part 1 – Jim Leigh – spoke about different recordings of the Ring and introduced the film made in November 1964 of the recording of the Solti Götterdämmerung in the Sofiensaal, Vienna |
| 17 October, Goethe Institut | 1pm: Preparation for the Ring – Part 2 – Roger Cruickshank, Dr Dennis Mather, Dr Terence Watson – aspects of the Ring, including the music (by Dennis Mather) and further approaches to and insights into the Ring cycle |
| c 9 November | After some false starts and frustrating delays, we published Dr Antony’s rewritten Ring lectures entitled The Once and Future King – thoughts on the origins and performance of the ‘Ring’. The first copies were available a little over a week before the Neidhardt Ring opened |
| 14 November, Goethe Institut | 1pm: End of year function:- DVD of “Sing faster! The Stagehand’s Ring” (a backstage view of the San Francisco Opera production)- Members’ Wagner Marketplace |