Society events held in 1988

2.30pm: Wagner Lieder – a talk by Dorothy McCormack

7.30pm for 8pm: Annual ‘Wagner’s Birthday’ Dinner, with guests Reinhard Heinrich (costume designer) and opera singer John Wegner (who had been supported by the Society)

1pm:

- Annual General Meeting

- Video – Das Rheingold

1pm: Video – Siegfried

9.30am: Seminar on Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Speakers:

- Dennis Hennig, musician-academic (Conservatorium of Music): Analysis of the opera

- Dr Ken Moulden (Department of Germanic Studies, Sydney University): Analysis of the libretto

- Brian Taylor (Department of Germanic Studies, Sydney University): Historical mastersingers

- Sir Charles Mackerras: The opera’s demands on a musician and how he would be approaching conducting the opera.

- Dr Leonard Hansen introduced members of the cast: Helena Doese (Eva), Paul Frey (Walter), John Wegner (Nightwatchman), and Reinhard Heinrich (costume designer) and Heather Begg.

A champagne reception for Sir Charles Mackerras

A reception for Donald McIntyre, who was in Australia to play Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger.

5.30pm: Second Theatre party for Die Meistersinger

Supper

1pm: Video - Götterdämmerung

2.30pm: Christmas party

Guest: John Wegner, talking about his time in Europe as winner of the 1987 Bayreuth Scholarship