Wagner Society events held in 2014

2 February, Goethe Institut	12.30pm: DVD – Act 1, Tristan und Isolde, Glynebourne 2007 Lehnoff production with Nina Stemme 2pm: The 2013 Melbourne Ring Cycle from the Inside: first time Melbourne Ring cast and creatives report back – Warwick Fyfe [Alberich], Dominica Matthews [Flosshilde & Schwertleite] & David Corcoran [understudy for Siegmund & Froh]; and welcome back party
2 March, Goethe Institut	12.30pm: DVD – Act 2, Tristan und Isolde 2pm: Valkyries of the Wagner clan: family disfunction set to music, by Dr David Schwartz
6 April, Goethe Institut	12.30pm: DVD – Act 3, Tristan und Isolde 2pm: R1 and R2: The two Richards, Strauss and Wagner by Dr David Larkin
4 May, Mosman Art Gallery	*2pm: Wagner and Beyond Concert* with Michael Curtain [pianist], Catherine Bouchier, David Greco, Gigi Daniel, Emilie Lemasson & Matthew Reardon Program cover Program Some performances on YouTube: –Tout n’est qu’images fugitives – Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle – L’Attente – Mignonne – Dors, mon enfant – Exstase**
25 May, Goethe Institut	2pm: – AGM – Recital by Matthew Reardon & Chris Richardson [Lisa Gasteen National Opera School Scholar] accompanied by Bradley Gilchrist. Chris Richardson: Handel – Where’ere you Walk from Semele Mendelssohn – Es ist genug from Elijah. Handel – Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto from Rinaldo Gerald Finzi – Come Away, Death & Fear No More the Heat of the Sun Schumann – Widmung Schubert – Liebesbotschaft Fauré – Cygne sur l’eau Wagner – O Du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser Matthew Reardon: Mozart – Vedrommi intorno from Idomeneo Puccini – Ch’ella mi creda from Girl of the Golden West Duets: Schumann – Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen Puccini – Rodolfo-Marcello duet, O Mimi, tu piu non torni from La Bohème Bizet – Au Fond du temple saint from Pearlfishers – Wagner’s Birthday Celebration
15 June, Goethe Institut	12.30pm: DVD – Act 1 of Parsifal, Met Opera 2013 with Kaufmann 2pm: Simon O’Neill, Heldentenor from the Southern hemisphere
20 July, Goethe Institut	12.30pm: DVD – Act 2 of Parsifal, Met Opera 2013 with Kaufmann 2pm: Behind and below the stage by Mamie Sebire, Wagner tuba, Melbourne Ring Orchestra & Roger Press, Assistant Director, Melbourne Ring Cycle
23 August, Willoughby Uniting Church	*10am – 5pm: Beyond the twilight of the gods: Wagner’s musical legacy* by Dr Antony Ernst Program**
21 September, Goethe Institut	12.30pm: DVD – Act 3 of Parsifal, Met Opera 2013 with Kaufmann 2pm: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: The Long Strange Ride of Wagner’s Valkyries by Dr James Wierzbicki Talk
11 October, Goethe Institut	12.30pm: DVD – Wagner Bicentenary Gala Concert from Semperoper Dresden with Jonas Kaufmann, and Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Christian Thielemann 2pm: In pursuit of choral perfection: insiders’ views of the Bayreuther Festspiel Choir by George Gilmour & Sarah Louise Owens
9 November, Goethe Institut	2pm: *– Recital by Anke Höppner accompanied by David Miller, presenting Wagner-influenced songs by Alexander Zeminsky and Arnold Schönberg, & the Liebestod* from Tristan und Isolde. – Christmas party Program cover**