SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2026

MY WAGNER & FUTURE ROLES,
BY DEBORAH HUMBLE

12.00pm:
DVD –  Inbrust im Herzen: Famous German Arias & Scenes

2.00pm:
Talk by mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble
on her Wagner and future roles

Venue:
The Goethe Institut, Event Hall (upstairs), 
90 Ocean Street (cnr Jersey Road), Woollahra

Tickets:
$25 members, $35 non-members, $10 full-time students

PAYMENT DETAILS TO COME

ABOUT DEBORAH HUMBLE

WSNSW supported, Newcastle based, mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble is one of our most admired performers, and we are delighted that she will be talking to us about her Wagner roles and future plans.

Deborah recently received rave reviews for her role debut as Dalila in Samson et Dalila in Melbourne and members will recall her thrilling performances over the past few years in Melbourne and Brisbane as Erda, Waltraute, Fricka and Magdalena, plus her Waltraute in Die Walküre with Simone Young AM and the SSO in 2024. She recently sang with them in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and will be singing Waltraute with them again in Götterdämmerung in November 2026. Other performances in 2026 will include the Verdi Requiem in Canberra and Herodias in Salome in London.

Previously a Principal Artist at Opera Australia and the State Opera of Hamburg, Deborah Humble has performed more than sixty operatic roles worldwide and has a wide repertoire on the concert platform. WSNSW recently assisted Deborah to undertake preliminary preparation for the role of Kundry.

ABOUT THE DVD

This is a delightful selection of arias and scenes by Mozart, Wagner and Strauss. It is introduced and sung by wonderful singers including Brigitte Fassbaender, Kiri Te Kanawa, René Kollo, Waltraud Meier and Bryn Terfel, with fine conductors including Barenboim, Mehta, Abbado, Dohnányi and Runnicles.