Sunday 11 February Goethe Institut * | 2.50pm: DVD – SOH Opening Concert 2.00pm: A discussion of the Brisbane Ring, led by Helden bass-baritone Warwick Fyfe Program |
Wednesday 21 February via Zoom from Berlin | 8.00pm: German soprano Alexandra Steiner in conversation from Germany with Ross Whitelaw Details |
Sunday 10 March Goethe Institut * | 2.30pm: DVD – Erich Leinsdorf in rehearsal & performance 2.00pm: A talk by Heldentenor Simon O’Neill covering his life with Wagner Program |
Wednesday 20 March via Zoom from England | 7.00pm: A talk on Wagner in Britain by broadcaster Christopher Cook interviewed by Ross Whitelaw Details |
Sunday 21 April POSTPONED Goethe Institut * | 12.30pm: DVD – Weber’s Euryanthe (3 Acts) + discussion of production POSTPONED |
| Sunday 19 May Goethe Institut* | 2.00pm: Concert with soprano Valda Wilson, bass baritone Eugene Raggio and pianists Katherine Day & Thomas Johnson, in a program of Wagner, Strauss and Brahms Program Photos Followed by Wagner’s birthday celebration Photos |
Sunday 16 June Goethe Institut * | 12.00pm: Special Bloomsday live zoom at the Goethe Institut – American music critic & author Alex Ross talks from Los Angeles about Joyce and Wagner. 1.15pm: AGM [only financial members may vote] 2.00pm: DVD – Christian Thielemann My Richard Strauss Program |
Wednesday 26 June via Zoom | 12.00pm: Talk via zoom by Chairman, Wagner Society of Southern California, Dr John Mastrogiovanni on Parsifal: The Will and Redemption Details |
Sunday 14 July Goethe Institut * | 12.00pm: DVD – Richard Strauss Gala from Dresden 2.00pm: Conversation with award-winning Australian baritone Simon Meadows, exploring his career and experiences in the music industry. Program |
Sunday 28 July Goethe Institut * | 12.00pm: DVD – The Ring without words – Lorin Maazel /Berlin Philharmoniker 2.00pm: A talk about the 2004 Adelaide Ring on its 20th anniversary with Michael Scott-Mitchell [set designer] & Nick Schlieper [lighting designer] Program |
Sunday 18 August Goethe Institut * | 12.00pm: DVD – Lotte Lehmann Master Classes Vol. II 2.00pm: ‘Love, Law and Power in Die Walküre‘ by Dr Antony Ernst, director, dramaturg, lecturer and arts administrator, and Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra Program |
Sunday 29 September Goethe Institut * | 12.30pm: DVD – Richard Strauss and his Heroines 2.00pm: WSSA President Dr Geoffrey Seidel on ‘Lola Montez – From Saxony to Sydney via Saxony’ Program |
Sunday 20 October POSTPONED Goethe Institut * | 12.30pm: DVD – Ring highlights from Valencia – Zubin Mehta 2.00pm: Robert Gay, teacher of music history courses and leader of international musical and cultural tours, on Cosima Wagner POSTPONED |
Sunday 10 November Goethe Institut * | 10.30am: WSNSW Symposium on Die Walküre – the continuing series on The Ring in the week of the SSO-Simone Young performances Speakers: Esteban Insausti: Welcome and Introduction Antony Ernst – Law and Power in Die Walküre Thea Brejzek – Iconoclasm – Romeo Castelluccis’ 2024 Ring at La Monnaie, Brussels: Die Walküre Stephen Mould – Wagner – rehearsing and performing, on stage or in concert. [Reflections on Die Walküre in advance of a concert performance.] Ysolt Clark – A mechanic in a room of poets – a perspective of playing the horn and Wagner Tuba in The Ring Cycle Warwick Fyfe – Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy – on performing a role with no easy bits. Program |
Saturday 16 November The Barnet Long Room, Customs House * | 4.00 – 6.00pm: WSNSW reception for other Wagner Societies Photos |
Sunday 1 December Goethe Institut * | 2.00pm: Christmas concert and party.with soprano Amanda Windred. mezzo Celeste Haworth, & collaborative pianist Yerim Lee Program |
Venues:
Goethe Institut
Event Hall (upstairs)
90 Ocean Street (cnr Jersey Road)
Woollahra NSW
St Columba Community Centre
53A Ocean Street (cnr Forth Street)
Woollahra NSW
The Barnet Long Room
Customs House
45 Alfred Street
Circular Quay
Sydney CBD