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| 2026: |
| 2 August 202: Love, Life and Opera – with Jessica Harper, Laura Scandizzo, Eleanor Greenwood and Jane Ede, Brad Cooper and Kent McIntosh, Eugene Raggio and Michael Lampard, and accompanist Bradley Gilchrist, presenting a program of Strauss, Wagner, Beethoven, Lortzing and Meyerbeer, and some operetta: A promo 21 June 2026: Presentation by Dr Chris Sorrell on early Wagner recordings on cylinder and disk: A memento 17 May 2026: Wagner’s Birthday concert, with Warwick Fyfe & Lee Abrahmsen, and Glenn Amer at the piano, performing arias, songs and duets by composers Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Percy Grainger, William G. James, Patrick Doyle & Manning Sherwin : Tatest du’s wirklich? from Tristan und Isolde by Wagner – Warwick Fyfe, Glenn Amer Du bist der Lenz from Die Walküre by Wagner – Lee Abrahmsen, Glenn Amer Heda! Heda! Hedo! from Das Rheingold by Wagner – Warwick Fyfe, Glenn Amer Die Frist ist um from Der fliegende Holländer by Wagner – Warwick Fyfe, Glenn Amer 29 March 2026: Talk by conductor Toby Wong on the Shaumet Music’s Das Rheingold: Toby Wong’s presentation 1 March 2026: Mike Day’s talk on Wagner’s painter contemporaries: Slides for Mike’s presentation |
| 2025: |
| 14 September 2025: The Wagner Society’s 45th anniversary celebrations with Alexandra Flood & pianist Thomas Victor Johnson performing works by Wagner, R Schumann, C Schumann, Strauss & Betty Beath: Selections from the concert Szene des jungen Hirten from Tannhäuser by Wagner – Alexandra Flood, Thomas Victor Johnson Memories, messages & cake! – Mairwyn Curtis, Leona Geeves, Jennifer Ferns & Professor Michael Ewans 25 May 2025: Annual concert for Wagner’s birthday by Eugene Raggio, Livia Brash & pianist Thomas Victor Johnson, in a program of highlights from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: A memento Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3 Sc 1, by Wagner – Eugene Raggio & Thomas Vincent Johnson Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3 Sc 4, by Wagner – Eugene Raggio, Livia Brash, Thomas Johnson 7 May 2025: Australian mezzo-soprano, Margaret Plummer, in conversation from Italy – via zoom: Margaret Plummer on ‘What’s it like at Bayreuth?’ 13 April 2025: A talk & presentation by SSO Principal Violist Tobias Breider & pianist Susanne Powell on The Reawakening of the Giants – Hermann Ritter and his Viola Alta, with a program of Wagner, Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850-1927), Hans Sitt (1850-1922) & Liszt: Tobias Breider’s presentation Song to the Evening Star from Tannhäuser by Wagner – Violist Tobias Breider, pianist Susanne Powell 12 March 2025: German tenor Mirko Roschkowski in conversation with Ross Whitelaw about his career – via zoom: Mirko Koschlowski shares about his Bayreuth rehearsal with Simone Young |
| 2024: |
| 1 December 2024: Christmas concert by Amanda Windred, Celeste Haworth & collaborative pianist Yerim Lee, with music by Wagner, Brahms, Beethoven and R Strauss: Weiche, Wotan, weiche (Erda’s Warning) from Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner – Celeste Haworth, Yerim Lee Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa’s Dream) from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner – Amanda Windred, Yerim Lee Von ewiger Liebe Op.43 No.1 by Brahms – Celeste Haworth, Yerim Lee Dich, teure Halle from Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner – Amanda Windred, Yerim Lee Höre mit Sinn from Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner– Celeste Haworth, Yerim Lee Ruhe, meine Seele Op.27 No.1 & Morgen! Op.27 No.4 by Richard Strauss – Amanda Windred, Yerim Lee |
| 2023: |
| 30 July 2023: Concert by Christopher Curcuruto, Kori Miller & pianist Katherine Day, with works by Wagner, Previn, Mozart, Puccini, Wolf, Floyd, Liszt and R Strauss: |
| 2022: |
2 March 2022: A talk by British broadcaster Christopher Cook on Parsifal via zoom: |
| 19 January 2022: The making of Marjorie Lawrence: The World at her Feet by documentary makers Wayne Groom and Dr Carolyn Bilsborow, via zoom: The zoom talk by Wayne Groom & Dr Carolyn Bilsborow |
| 2021: |
| 28 November 2021: Ariadne’s Christmas Thread with soprano Pamela Andrews, soprano Emily Turner, mezzo-soprano Jill Sullivan & pianist Michael Curtain, featuring works by Wagner, Brahms, Liszt and R Strauss: 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 |
| 2 September 2021: Soprano Anna-Louise Cole in conversation with Dr Robert Mitchell via zoom: |
6 June 2021: Alex Ross in conversation with Dr David Larkin about his recent book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music via zoom: The zoom conversation |
| 23 May 2021: Celebration of The Society’s 40th anniversary and Richard Wagner’s 208th birthday, with a Wagner-Liszt piano recital by concert pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska, at St Columba Community Centre: Recalling the founding events of the Wagner Society in NSW, and more – Richard King |
7 March 2021: Wagner at 40, a Wagner Society in NSW concert, at Mosman Art Gallery, with soprano Laura Scandizzo, violinist Cedar-Rose Newman & pianist Bradley Gilchrist, and works by Wagner, Beethoven, Liszt and Ysaÿe: Our Wagner at 40 concert, Part 1Our Wagner at 40 concert, Part 2 Senta’s ballad from Der fliegende Holländer by Wagner – Laura Scandizzo, Bradley GilchristSonata for piano and violin, 2nd movement by Beethoven – Cedar-Rose Newman, Bradley Gilchrist Einsam in Trüben Tagen from Lohengrin by Wagner – Laura Scandizzo, Bradley Gilchrist Dich, Teure Halle from Tannhäuser by Wagner- Laura Scandizzo, Bradley Gilchrist Sonata in A-flat Major, WWV85 (Eine Sonate für das Album von Frau Mathilde Wesendonck) by Wagner – Bradley Gilchrist Träume – Wesendonck Lieder No. 4 by Wagner – Laura Scandizzo, Bradley Gilchrist |
| 2020: |
| 18 October 2020: Talk by Dr David Larkin on Beyond the opera house: CS Lewis & Wagner reception in Edwardian Britain, via zoom: Dr Larkin’s zoom talk |
27 February 2020: The Hon Jane Mathews AO Memorial Concert at St Columba Community Centre, with Maestro Anthony Negus accompanying the performers, and singers sopranos Laura Scandizzo, Eleanor Greenwood & Emily Turner, baritone Hamish James & tenor Timothy Nunn, and a program of music by Beethoven, Weber, Wagner, R Strauss, Marx, Humperdinck and Schubert: Mir ist so wunderbar from Fidelio by Beethoven – Anthony Negus, Emily Turner, Laura Scandizzo, Timothy Nunn, Hamish James |
| 2015: |
22 November 2015: Christmas concert with sopranos Laura Scandizzo & Jenny Bonner, baritone Soonki Park & pianist Michael Curtain, at Glebe Justice Centre: Heimliches Lieben (Secret Love) by Schubert – Jenny Bonner, Michael Curtain |
| 2014: |
| 4 May 2014: Wagner and Beyond concert with pianist Mikey Curtain, soprano Catherine Bouchier, baritone David Greco, Gigi Daniel, soprano Emilie Lemasson & tenor Matthew Reardon, at Mosman Art Gallery, featuring works by Humperdinck, Korngold, Weber, Wagner, R Strauss, Rossini, Debussy, Duparc, Poulenc and more: Exstase by Duparc – David Greco, Michael Curtain Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle from Der Freischütz by Weber – Emilie Lemasson, Michael Curtain Tout n’est qu’images fugitives by Wagner – Emilie Lemasson, Michael Curtain L’Attente by Wagner – Emilie Lemasson, Michael Curtain Mignonne by Wagner – Emilie Lemasson, Michael Curtain Dors, mon enfant by Wagner – Emilie Lemasson, Michael Curtain |