Wagner Society events held in 2005

20 February, Goethe Institut	2pm: Post-Adelaide Ring Cycle discussion
20 March, Goethe Institut	2pm: – talk by Jane Mathews AO which had been given in Adelaide during the Neidhardt Ring on Women in the Ring – recital by Jessica Pratt accompanied by Sharolyn Kimmorley- Antony Ernst, who had been in Rome with her, interviewed Jessica Pratt
17 April, Goethe Institut	2pm: Palm Sunday – Alan Whelan on Symbols in Parsifal
22 May, Goethe Institut	2pm: – AGM – Recital by Kerry Nicholson & Amy Radford, students from the Conservatorium of Music who were recipients of our German Language Scholarships, accompanied by Sharolyn Kimmorley – Sharolyn Kimmorley also played a rarely-performed piece of piano music by Wagner which Asher Fisch had played in Adelaide during the Neidhardt Ring. – This event coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Society and the 100th Newsletter – June 2005 issue, to celebrate 25 years since Wagner lovers met in Bayreuth on 26 October 1980 and agreed to start a Wagner Society in Australia. – Birthday party
17 July, Goethe Institut	2pm: Dr Roger Hillman, German and Film Studies, Australian National University – Wagner and film
7 August, Goethe Institut	2pm: Miriam Gordon-Stewart interviewed acclaimed dramatic soprano Deborah Polaski on her career and recent productions and recordings. This was accompanied by two short extracts from DVDs of Ms Polaski’s performance as Brünnhilde in the Kupfer Ring produced in Barcelona in 2004 and conducted by Bertrand de Billy.
18 September, Goethe Institut	2pm: Panel-led discussion of Bayreuth 2005 performances
16 October, Goethe Institut	2pm: Composer Nigel Butterley [Australian composer and pianist] – Liszt and Wagner
20 November, Goethe Institut	2pm: Alan Whelan – *Perception and Reception of Wagner in the Nazi period*
11 December, Goethe Institut	2pm: End of year function