20 February Goethe Institut, Woollahra | 12.30pm: DVD – Act 3 of the Munich Lohengrin with Jonas Kaufmann 2pm: Cui bono? The Liszt – Wagner relationship reconsidered by Dr David Larkin |
20 March Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – The Life and Works of Richard Wagner, directed by Carl Fröhlich, first released on 20 November 1913 2pm: Rousseau and Wagner: musician-philosophers by Dr Terence Watson |
17 April Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Part 1 of Das Rheingold, the only video recording of Karajan’s 1978 Salzburg Ring Cycle 2pm: Brendan Carmody, winner of the inaugural “Berlin New Music Opera Award” (which replaced the “Bayreuth Scholarship”) – his 3 months in Europe, including working with Barrie Kosky at the Komische Oper Berlin on a new production of Der Freischütz. |
22 May Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Part 2 of Das Rheingold, the only video recording of Karajan’s 1978 Salzburg Ring Cycle 2pm: – Annual General Meeting – Afternoon tea to celebrate Richard Wagner’s birthday (22 May), the 198th anniversary of Wagner’s birth |
10 July Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Act 2 of Bayreuth Festival’s 2010 Die Walküre 2pm: – Recital by Rachel Bate, winner of the 2010 German Opera Scholarship – Members report back from Hamburg Ring & Metropolitan Opera’s Siegfried |
7 August Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Act 3 of Bayreuth Festival’s 2010 Die Walküre 2pm: – Recital by baritone James Roser and soprano Emma Moore – Members report back from Glyndebourne Mastersinger and San Francisco Ring (Colleen Chesterman and Katie French) |
18 September Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Part 1 of Wagner’s early opera, Rienzi. Or the Last Tribune. Deutsche Oper 2010 Berlin. Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Title role: Torsten Kerl. (Acts 1 & 2) 2pm: Recital by soprano Rebecca Hilder accompanied by Andrew Greene OA 2.50pm: Report back by members attending Bayreuth 2010 |
16 October Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Part 2 of Wagner’s early opera, Rienzi. Or the Last Tribune. (Acts 3, 4 & 5) 2pm: Lyndon Terracini, Artistic Director, Opera Australia – The Melbourne Ring Cycle |
20 November Goethe Institut | 2pm: DVD – The Three Divas: interviews with Martha Modl, Birgit Nilsson and Astrid Varnay about their Bayreuth careers. 3pm: Christmas Party – Competitions and Raffles. Sale of books and memorabilia donated by Janet Wayland. |