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| 5 February Goethe Institut | 2pm: Joachim Herz’s production of Der fliegende Holländer by Dr Graham Bruce [President of the Queensland Wagner Society] Report |
| 12 March Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Part 1, Magic Fire, 1955 bio-pic with extensive use of Wagner’s music, arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold 2pm: Russian Wagnerians in the 20th and 21st Centuries by Dr Rosamund Bartlett [British writer, scholar, lecturer, and translator specializing in Russian literature] Report |
| 2 April Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD – Part 2, Magic Fire 2pm: AGM 2.30pm: Young Artists Concert: Adam Player [tenor], Laura Scandizzo [soprano], Daniel Macey [baritone] & pianist Jonathan Wilson Report |
| 21 May Goethe Institut | 2pm: – Wagner and the Fairies by Barbara Brady [long-term Wagner Society member & volunteer at 2MBS-FM, now called Fine Music] – Champagne Celebration of Wagner’s Birthday Report |
| TUESDAY 11 July The Opera Centre, | 7.00 – 10.00pm: Joint WSNSW / Pacific Opera Masterclass with Stephanie Weiss [mezzo-soprano] and Christina Wright [pianist] |
| 30 July Goethe Institut | 1pm: Parsifal Seminar by Dr David Larkin [senior lecturer in musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, specialising in nineteenth-century music], with Eleanor Greenwood [soprano, who sang Kundry], Warwick Fyfe [helden baritone, who sang Klingsor] & Bradley Gilchrist [pianist], performing an extract from Act 2 of Parsifal. Report |
| 13 August Willoughby Unity Church | 1pm: Lohengrin Seminar by Dr Antony Ernst [a director, dramaturg, lecturer and arts administrator] Report |
| 3 September Goethe Institut | 2pm: Behind the Scenes at the 2016 Melbourne Ring by Luke Gabbedy [baritone, Principal Artist with Opera Australia] & Tanja Binggeli [German Language Coach for Opera Australia] Report |
| 8 October Goethe Institut | 2pm: Brickbats and Bouquets for Bayreuth 2017 (& 2016) Report |
| 19 October | Recital by Samantha Crawford [soprano], with pianist Bradley Gilchrist. Program: A short film of the Walkürenritt from the London Tait Memorial Trust 25th Anniversary recital, featuring Eleanor Greenwood [soprano], Valda Wilson [soprano], Liane Keegan [dramatic contralto] and Ashlyn Tymms [mezzo soprano]. Report |
| 19 November St Columba Community Centre, Woollahra | 2pm: – Christmas Concert with Laura Scandizzo [soprano], Rebecca Moret [screenwriter, stage director & soprano] who replaced Phoebe Humphreys, winner of the Wagner Society prize in the Eisteddfod, who had to withdraw on account of flu, and Sitiveni Talei [bass], with pianist Francis Greep – Party |