OUR NEXT EVENT – SUNDAY 18 JUNE 2023
A CONVERSATION WITH NOEL STAUNTON

A CONVERSATION WITH NOEL STAUNTON
13 November 2022: Recital 'Albumblätter aus Dresden' with Jessica Harper [soprano], Joseph Eisinger [cellist] & Bradley Gilchrist [pianist]: A selection of Germanic repertoire, including Lieder, arias & cello transcriptions by Wagner, Weber, Liszt and Strauss
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. |
Our members are lovers of the music and operas of Richard Wagner, and also support the training of young Wagnerian or potential Wagnerian performers from NSW. |
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.