Celebration of the Wagner Society NSW’s 40th anniversary – originally planned for August 2020 but rescheduled because of Covid-19 lockdowns. |
| THURSDAY 28 January by ZOOM | 8.00pm: British dramatic soprano Susan Bullock CBE in conversation from London with Dr Robert Mitchell [distinguished veteran baritone] ReportPhotos |
| THURSDAY 11 February by ZOOM | 8.00pm: American dramatic soprano Lise Lindstrom in conversation from London with Dr Robert Mitchell [distinguished veteran baritone] Photos |
| Sunday 7 March Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman | 2.00pm: Wagner at 40 Concert with soprano Laura Scandizzo, violinist Cedar-Rose Newman and pianist Bradley Gilchrist ProgramReport Videos: – Concert, Part 1 – Concert, Part 2 Photos |
| Sunday 21 March by ZOOM | 4.00pm: Professor Heath Lees [regular WS presenter] talked to us from New Zealand about Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross ReportPhotos |
| Sunday 18 April Goethe Institut, | 12.30pm: DVD – Ludwig II castles in Bavaria 2.00pm: Professor Thea Brejzek {Professor of Spatial Theaory, UTS] on revolutionary Swiss stage designer Adolphe Appia and the Emergence of Scenography Video:– Hellerau Festival Photos |
| Sunday 23 May St Columba Community Centre, | 2.00pm: Wagner-Liszt piano recital by Tamara-Anna Cislowska [Australian concert pianist] – Special event to celebrate 40 years since Wagner lovers met in Bayreuth on 26 October 1980 and agreed to start a Wagner Society in Australia 3.00pm: Wagner’s birthday drinks and celebration of the Society’s 40th anniversaryProgram Report Video: – Richard King’s talk Photos |
| Sunday 6 June by ZOOM | 11.00am: Alex Ross [American music critic and author] in conversation with Dr David Larkin about his recent book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music Report Video: – Zoom conversation |
| Sunday 11 July by ZOOM | 1.00pm: AGM Photos |
| Sunday 8 August by ZOOM | 2.00pm: Stephen Mould [a Sydney-based conductor, opera, teacher & writer] on his book Curating Opera – reinventing the past through museums of opera and art Report |
Sunday 12 September by ZOOM | 2.00pm: soprano Anna-Louise Cole, who was due to sing Brünnhilde in the now postponed Brisbane Ring Third Cycle, in conversation with Dr Robert Mitchell Video: – Photos |
Sunday 10 October by ZOOM | 2.00pm: Dr Rachel Orzeck [Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne] on France’s Wagner: 1840s to WWI Photos |
| Sunday 28 November Mosman Art Gallery | 2.00pm: – Ariadne’s Christmas Thread – Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, R Strauss & Wagner, with Pamela Andrews [soprano], Emily Turner [soprano], Jill Sullivan [mezzo-soprano], & Michael Curtain [pianist]– Followed by Christmas party, raffle and book & CD sale Photos Videos: – by Beethoven – Jill Sullivan (mezzo-soprano), Michael Curtain (pianist) by Brahms – Pamela Andrews (soprano), Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain by Brahms – Pamela Andrews, Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain – Rhapsody in B Minor Op. 79, No.1 by Brahms – Michael Curtain
by Liszt – Emily Turner, Michael Curtain – Der du von dem Himmel bist (version 3) by Liszt – Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain – Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen from Lohengrin by Wagner – Pamela Andrews, Michael Curtain from Lohengrin by Wagner – Pamela Andrews, Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain second of Four Last Songs by R Strauss – Pamela Andrews, Michael Curtain – Wo in Bergen du dich birgst from Die Walküre by Wagner – Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain from Ariadne auf Naxos by R Strauss – Pamela Andrews, Michael Curtain – Marie Theres’! Hab’ mir’s gelobt by R Strauss – Pamela Andrews, Emily Turner, Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain |
Our program for much of the year has been affected by the Covid-19 assembly restrictions and lockdown.