| Sunday 29 January |
12pm: DVD - Sing Faster, The Stagehands' Ring |
2.00pm: Esteban Insausti [President, WSNSW] was at the Goethe Institut in conversation with Suzanne Chaundy [Director] & Andrew Bailey [Designer], who were live on video from Melbourne, about the creative ideas behind the staging of Melbourne Opera's Ring Cycle in Bendigo in 2023 |
Goethe Institut |
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| Sunday 26 February |
12pm: DVD - Global Wagner - From Bayreuth to the World - A film by Axel Brüggemann | 2.00pm: Recorded conversation from Melbourne with Maestro Anthony Negus [Conductor & Musical Director] & his wife Carmen Jakobi [chief German language coach for the Ring], moderated by Robert MacFarlane (the Mime in the Bendigo Ring), about preparing the young musicians for Melbourne Opera's Ring Cycle in Bendigo in 2023 | Goethe Institut | |
| Sunday 12 March |
12pm: DVD - Richard Strauss - At the End of the Rainbow - A Film by Eric Schulz | 2.00pm: Talk by Peter Bassett [Wagner author and dramaturg] on A new look at the Ring | Goethe Institut | |
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April |
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No event because of the Bendigo Ring |
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| Sunday 21 May |
No DVD |
12.30pm: Annual General Meeting [financial members only] 2.00pm: Wagner's birthday concert: a program of music by Wagner and others from sopranos Ellen McNeil and Olivia Swain, accompanied by Katherine Day Followed by Wagner's champagne birthday celebrations |
Robert Mitchell’s house, Newtown | |
| Sunday 18 June |
12.30pm: DVD - Frozen Music – The Sydney Opera House, It’s more than just opera |
2.00pm: A conversation with Noel Staunton, veteran of many Ring productions including the 2004 Adelaide Ring. | Details | Goethe Institut |
| WEDNESDAY 12 July |
no DVD |
7.00pm – 9.00pm: Reception for our Patron Maestro Simone Young AM |
St Columba Community Centre |
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| Sunday 30 July |
no DVD |
2.00pm: Recital by bass baritone Chris Curcuruto |
St Columba Community Centre | |
| Sunday 20 August |
12.30pm: DVD - Magic Fire – The Richard Wagner Story |
2.00pm: Tahu Matheson, OA conductor, talks to us about the Ring. |
Goethe Institut | |
| Sunday 17 September |
12.30pm: DVD - The Edge of the Possible | 2.00pm: Talk by Constantine Costi, Assistant Director of the Brisbane Ring TBC | Goethe Institut | |
| Sunday 22 October |
12.30pm: DVD - SOH Opening Concert | 2.00pm Talk by Mike Day, A Tale of Three Houses – Paris, Bayreuth and Sydney | Goethe Institut | |
| Sunday 12 November |
no DVD |
10.00.am – 5.00pm Das Rheingold Seminar |
Goethe Institut | |
| Sunday 26 November |
no DVD |
2.00pm: Concert and Christmas party |
TBA |