15 February Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – BBC Great Composers: Wagner 2pm: Russia and Wagner 1841-1941 by Dr Rosamund Bartlett [British writer, scholar, lecturer, and translator specialising in Russian literature] |
10 March Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Part 2 of Der Fliegende Holländer 2pm: Presentation by Dr Heath Lees [an academic, musicologist, broadcaster and the founder of the Wagner Society of New Zealand] placing his film Wagner’s Ring: A Tale told in Music against the existing 100-year gallery of Wagner film |
29 March Goethe Institut | 2pm: Recital by Deborah Humble [international mezzo soprano and Erda in the Melbourne Ring] |
19 April Goethe Institut | 2pm: Concert of Wagner & Strauss by recipients of various Wagner awards – German, eisteddfod and Lisa Gasteen National Opera School: Mylinda Joyce, Tania Ferris, Robert Beasley & pianist Chris Cartner Program |
25 May Goethe Institut | 2pm: – AGM – Recital by bass baritone Christopher Richardson, tenor Matthew Reardon & pianist Michael Curtain Program |
14 June Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: Exploring Tristan und Isolde: a workshop by Dr David Larkin Program |
21 June Goethe Institut | 3pm: A special occasion to celebrate the SSO performances of Tristan und Isolde on 20 and 22 June, hosted by the Wagner Society in NSW, and including members of the Victorian and the Queensland Wagner Societies. Conductor David Robertson spoke about the experience of conducting Tristan. Invitation |
12 July Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Act 1 of Lohengrin with Kaufmann 2pm: Directing Wagner – a Q&A session by Sir David McVicar, opera and theatre director |
9 August Goethe Institut | 2pm: Talk by Carolyn Watson [Australian conductor based in the United States since 2013] on conductor Carlos Kleiber, and Kleiber’s Tristan und Isolde. |
13 September Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Act 2 of Lohengrin with Kaufmann 2pm: Composers today: Wagner’s legacy by Andrew Ford, composer, writer and broadcaster. This event had to be cancelled at short notice. |
11 October Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Act 3 of Lohengrin with Kaufmann 2pm: The Melbourne Ring: Looking back by Neil Armfield, director |
22 November Glebe Justice Centre | 2pm: – Christmas concert: Laura Scandizzo, Jenny Bonner, Soonki Park & pianist Michael Curtain– Christmas party Video of Heimliches Lieben (Secret Love) by Franz Schubert |