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COMING SOCIETY EVENTS IN 2024 updated 19 August |
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| Sunday 29 September | 12.30pm: DVD - Richard Strauss and his Heroines | 2.00pm: WSSA President Geoffrey Seidel on 'Lola Montez - From Saxony to Sydney via Saxony' | Goethe Institut * | |
| Sunday 20 October | 12.30pm: DVD - Ring highlights from Valencia – Zubin Mehta | 2.00pm: Robert Gay, teacher of music history courses and leader of international musical and cultural tours, on Cosima Wagner | Goethe Institut * | |
| Sunday 10 November |
10.30am: WSNSW Symposium on Die Walküre - the continuing series on The Ring in the week of the SSO-Simone Young performances |
Goethe Institut * | ||
| Saturday 16 November |
4.00 - 6.00pm: WSNSW reception for other Wagner Societies | Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron * |
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| Sunday 1 December |
no DVD | 2.00pm: Christmas concert and party | Goethe Institut * | |
| PAST EVENTS IN 2024 | ||||
| Sunday 11 February |
12.50pm: DVD - SOH Opening Concert |
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Goethe Institut * | |
| Wednesday 21 February |
8.00pm: German soprano Alexandra Steiner in conversation from Germany with Ross Whitelaw | via Zoom from Berlin | ||
| Sunday 10 March |
12.30pm: DVD - Erich Leinsdorf in rehearsal & performance |
2.00pm: A talk by Heldentenor Simon O’Neill covering his life with Wagner | Goethe Institut * | |
| Wednesday 20 March |
7.00pm: A talk on Wagner in Britain by broadcaster Christopher Cook interviewed by Ross Whitelaw | via Zoom from England | ||
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Sunday POSTPONED |
12.30pm: DVD - Weber’s Euryanthe (3 Acts) + discussion of production POSTPONED |
Goethe Institut * | ||
| Sunday 19 May |
2.00pm: Concert with soprano Valda Wilson, bass baritone Eugene Raggio and pianists Katherine Day & Thomas Johnson followed by Wagner’s birthday celebration |
Goethe Institut * | ||
| Sunday 16 June |
12.00pm: Special Bloomsday live zoom at the Goethe Institut - American music critic & author Alex Ross talks from Los Angeles about Joyce and Wagner. |
1.15pm: AGM [only financial members may vote] |
Goethe Institut * | |
| Wednesday 26 June | 12.00pm: Talk via zoom by Chairman, Wagner Society of Southern California, Dr John Mastrogiovanni on Parsifal: The Will and Redemption | Zoom | ||
| Sunday 14 July |
12.00pm: DVD - Richard Strauss Gala from Dresden | 2.00pm: Conversation with award-winning Australian baritone Simon Meadows, exploring his career and experiences in the music industry. | Goethe Institut * | |
| Sunday 28 July |
12.00pm: DVD - The Ring without words – Lorin Maazel | 2.00pm: On the 20th anniversary of the SOSA Ring, conversation with production & set designer Michael Scott-Mitchell and lighting designer Nick Schlieper about the Adelaide Ring | Goethe Institut * | |
| Sunday 18 August |
12.00pm: DVD - Lotte Lehmann Master Classes Vol. II | 2.00pm: 'Love, Law and Power in Die Walküre' by Dr Antony Ernst, director, dramaturg, lecturer and arts administrator, and Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra | Goethe Institut * | |
*Venues:
Goethe Institut
Event Hall (upstairs)
90 Ocean Street (cnr Jersey Road)
Woollahra NSW
St Columba Community Centre
53A Ocean Street (cnr Forth Street)
Woollahra NSW
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
33 Peel Street
Kirribilli NSW