Society events held in 1995

 

29 January 1pm: Video - Das Rheingold (Kupfer’s 1992 Bayreuth production)   Metcalfe Auditorium, SLNSW
12 February

1pm:

- Alison Gyger (Jones) talking on Wagnerian opera in Australia

- Video – Wagner Gala, from Berlin

  Metcalfe Auditorium
12  March

1pm: Arthur Carter (member) and

Ramon Josey talking on ‘Wagnerian Singers in Australia’

  Metcalfe Auditorium
2 April

10am-4pm: Robert Gay's presentation of Wagner's early operas: Die Feen, Das Liebesverbot and Rienzi

 

The Opera Centre,
480 Elizabeth Street

7 May

12 noon: Video - The Met’s 1993 production of Parsifal

  Metcalfe Auditorium

21 May

Richard Wagner Birthday Lunch

Guest of honour: Donald McDonald (General Manager, AO)

  Ritz Carlton Hotel

27 May

4.30pm: Group visit - Concert performance of Parsifal

  Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane

2 July

2pm:

- AGM

- Video - Wagner Gala - Concert from Berlin

  Metcalfe Auditorium
27 July

8pm: Wagner Gala Concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Simone Young conducting and soloists Elizabeth Connell and Bruce Martin

  Melbourne Concert Hall
30 July

1pm:

- Talk by Simone Young

- Video: Wagner's Women

  Metcalfe Auditorium
13 August

12 noon: Video - Siegfried (Kupfer's 1992 Bayreuth production)

  Metcalfe Auditorium
10 September

11.30am: Video - Götterdämmerung (Kupfer's 1992 Bayreuth production)


 

Metcalfe Auditorium
22 October

1pm: Talk on Kirsten Flagstad by

Arthur Carter (member)

  Metcalfe Auditorium
10 November

7.30pm: Solti's 1958 recording of Das Rheingold

 

Eugene Goosens Hall, ABC Building, Ultimo

19 November

11.30am: Seminar on Das Rheingold.


Speakers included:
- Professor Michael Ewans
- Dr Antony Ernst
- Associate Professor Andrew Riemer

  Metcalfe Auditorium
30 November

7.30pm: Das Rheingold concert performance by the SSO

 

Concert Hall, SOH

2 December

1pm: Das Rheingold concert performance by the SSO

  Concert Hall, SOH
10 December

2pm: Christmas Party

 

The Opera Centre,
480 Elizabeth Street