Wagner Society events held in 2021

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] Report Photos
THURSDAY 11 February by ZOOM	8.00pm: American dramatic soprano Lise Lindstrom in conversation from London with Dr Robert Mitchell [distinguished veteran baritone] Report 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 Program Report Concert video, Part 1 Concert video, 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 Report Photos**
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 Report Hellerau Festival video Photos
Sunday 23 May St Columba Community Centre, Woollahra	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 anniversary Program Report Video of 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 of conversation Photos
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 Photos
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 Report Video of conversation 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 Report 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 Program Photos Videos: – *Adelaide Op. 46* by Beethoven – Jill Sullivan (mezzo-soprano), Michael Curtain (pianist) – Phänomen Op. 61 by Brahms – Pamela Andrews (soprano), Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain – Die Boten der Liebe Op. 61 by Brahms – Pamela Andrews, Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain – *Rhapsody in B Minor Op. 79, No.1* by Brahms – Michael Curtain – Oh! Quand je dors 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 – *Ortrud! wo bist du* from Lohengrin by Wagner – Pamela Andrews, Jill Sullivan, Michael Curtain – *September* 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 – Es gibt ein Reich 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.