OUR NEXT EVENT - ON SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2024
'GUARDING THE LEGACY:
COSIMA IN BAYREUTH 1883-1906'
BY ROBERT GAY
'GUARDING THE LEGACY:
COSIMA IN BAYREUTH 1883-1906'
BY ROBERT GAY
10.30am - 4.30pm:
4.00 - 6.00pm:
Reception before the SSO's performance of Die Walküre
for members of the Wagner Society in NSW and
members from our fellow Societies around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
Venue:
The Barnet Long Room, Customs House
overlooking Circular Quay
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Our members are lovers of the music and operas of Richard Wagner and also support Wagnerian productions in Australia and emerging Wagnerian performers from NSW.
Celebration of the Wagner Society NSW's 40th anniversary |
The Wagner Society NSW's 40th anniversary |
The Bicentenary of Wagner’s birth |
Celebration of the Wagner Society NSW's 20th Anniversary |
The Wagner Society in NSW established as an unincorporated association. |
9.30am: Seminar on Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg held in the Goethe Insitut
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.