WEDNESDAY ZOOM 19 January | 7.00pm: Documentary film makers Wayne Groom and Dr Carolyn Bilsborow talked to us from Adelaide about and showed excerpts from their latest production Marjorie Lawrence: The World at her Feet Photos |
SUNDAY 30 January Mosman Art Gallery | 2.00pm: Recital by Rebecca MacCallion [soprano], Bronwyn Douglass [soprano] and Bradley Kunda [pianist] with Lieder by composers including Brahms, Wolf, Wagner, Berg, Marx and Richard Strauss Photos |
SUNDAY 20 February Goethe Institut, Woollahra | 1.30pm: Talk by Robert Gay on The impact of French Grand Opera on the works of Verdi & Wagner Photos |
WEDNESDAY ZOOM 2 March | 7.00pm: Talk by Christopher Cook [BBC broadcaster from Deal, England], via zoom on Amfortas! Die Wunde … Two Wounded Disciples: The post-Christian world of Parsifal and the curious symbiosis between Amfortas and Klingsor Photos |
SUNDAY 13 March St Columba Community Centre, Woollahra | 2.00pm: Masterclass with Christina Henson Hayes [Warwick Fyfe’s vocal coach] & pianist Bradley Gilchrist featuring Ellen McNeill [WSNSW/PO Scholarship holder], Nathan Bryon & Damien Noyce [WSNSW funded], Paul McLeod [WSNSW member] and Michael James, Anita de Lisen & Ashlee Woodgate [Christina’s students], with guests of honour Warwick Fyfe [Helden Bass Baritone] & Ruth Frances Photos |
SUNDAY 27 March Goethe Institut, | 12.30pm: DVD Silent Wagner 2.00pm: Talk by Ralph Myers [Designer of the Aix en Provence Tristan und Isolde] on Isolde in Aix Photos |
SUNDAY 10 April Goethe Institut | 12.30pm: DVD Die Feen – A delightful children’s version 2.00pm: Talk by Peter Bassett [Wagner author and dramaturg] on Hurry away then, towards the East Photos |
SUNDAY 1 May Goethe Institut | 1.30pm: DVD of Fritz Lang’s masterpiece Siegfried Photos |
WEDNESDAY ZOOM 4 May | 12.30pm: Erica Miner [Award winning author, scriptwriter, lecturer and journalist] talked to us from Seattle about Wagner and Berlioz Photos |
SUNDAY 29 May St Columba Community Centre | 1.00pm: AGM (Financial members only) 2.00pm: Concert by Brad Cooper [tenor], Jane Ede [principal soprano for Opera Australia] & Bradley Gilchrist [pianist] 3.30pm: Wagner’s birthday celebrationsPhotos |
SUNDAY 26 June Goethe Institut | 2.00pm: DVD – Marjorie Lawrence: the World at her Feet by documentary film makers Wayne Groom and Dr Carolyn Bilsborow Report |
SUNDAY 31 July St Columba Community Centre | 2.00pm: Concert with Rebecca MacCallion [soprano], Nathan Bryon [tenor], Daniel Macey [baritone] and Bradley Gilchrist [pianist]. Valda Wilson was not be able to sing at this concert due to illness. At very short notice, Rebecca MacCallion agreed to sing in Valda’s place. Photos |
SUNDAY 18 September Goethe Institut | 2.00pm: Robert Gay continued his talk on French Grand Opera Photos |
SUNDAY 13 November St Columba Community Centre | 2.00pm: Concert with soprano Jessica Harper, cellist Joseph Eisinger & pianist Bradley Gilchrist Program: a selection of Germanic repertoire, including Lieder, arias & cello transcriptions by Wagner, Weber, Liszt and Strauss Photos |
SUNDAY 27 November Robert Mitchell’s residence, Newtown | 2.00pm: Christmas Party & Wagner Reiseberichte Photos |