| Sun 29 Jan | 12pm: DVD - Sing Faster, The Stagehands' Ring | 2.00pm: Esteban Insausti [President, WSNSW] at the Goethe Institut in conversation with Suzanne Chaundy [Director] & Andrew Bailey [Designer] - live on video about the creative ideas behind the staging of Melbourne Opera's Ring Cycle in Bendigo in 2023 |
Goethe Institut * | |
| Sun 26 Feb | 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 (Mime in the Bendigo Ring), about preparing young musicians for Melbourne Opera's Ring Cycle in Bendigo in 2023 |
Goethe Institut | |
| Sun 12 Mar | DVD - Richard Strauss - At the End of the Rainbow - A Film by Eric Schulz |
Talk by Peter Bassett [Wagner author and dramaturg] on A new look at the Ring |
Goethe Institut | |
| April | No Society event because of the Bendigo Ring | Photos | ||
| Sun 21 May |
Annual General Meeting [financial members only] 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 home in Newtown | ||
| Sun 18 Jun | DVD - Frozen Music – The Sydney Opera House, It’s more than just opera | A conversation with Noel Staunton, a freelance creative director and producer specialising in large-scale productions and special events, & veteran of many Ring productions including the 2004 Adelaide Ring | Goethe Institut | |
| Wed 12 Jul | Reception for our Patron Maestro Simone Young AM - An informal social occasion to enjoy wine and canapés and hear Simone tell us what is in store for the next four years with the SSO Ring |
St Columba Community Centre * | ||
| Sun 30 Jul | Concert by bass-baritone Christopher Curcuruto & soprano Kori Miller, accompanied by Katherine Day, with works by Wagner, Previn, Mozart, Puccini, Wolf, Floyd, Liszt and R Strauss | St Columba Community Centre | ||
| Sun 20 Aug | DVD - Magic Fire – The Richard Wagner Story | Talk by Tahu Matheson, pianist, conductor & OA's Head of Music, on Wagner's musical development | Goethe Institut | |
| Sun 17 Sep |
DVD - SOH Opening Concert with Sir Charles Mackerras, Birgit Nilsson, SSO Unfortunately a technical glitch meant the DVD could not be shown. |
2pm: Talk by Dr Terence Watson about Wagner’s childhood and adolescence |
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Goethe Institut |
| Sun 22 Oct | 12:30pm DVD - The Edge of the Possible | 2pm: Talk by Mike Day on A Tale of Three Houses – Paris, Bayreuth and Sydney. |
Goethe Institut | |
| Sun 12 Nov |
10am–5pm Das Rheingold Symposium Speakers: * Note: Robert Macfarlane was ill and unable to attend. |
Goethe Institut
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| Sun 26 Nov | 2pm: Recital by bass-baritone Adrian Tamburini accompanied by Katherine Day, and Christmas party | Robert Mitchell's house, Newtown | ||
| Dec | Many members attended the Brisbane Ring in December | Photos |
*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