20 February |
1pm: Recital of eight songs, all written in 1840, by Andrew Young, tenor, and Paul Virag, accompanist: |
Goethe Institut | |
19 March | 1pm: Special event - Concert of music by Richard and his son Siegfried Wagner performed by the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and singers from the Vocal Studies and Opera Unit from the Conservatorium, conducted by Maestro Carlo Felice Cillario | ABC's Eugene Goosens Hall, Ultimo | |
16 April |
1pm: Video - Parsifal (Syberberg) |
Goethe Institut | |
21 May |
Richard Wagner Birthday Luncheon |
Flyer | Women's Club |
18 June | 1pm: Talk by Paul Curran, Director, Midsummer Night's Dream, OA, on Wagner in Russia and his own career in opera | Goethe Institut | |
8 July | 10am - 4pm: Götterdämmerung Seminar jointly with Art Gallery Society | Art Gallery of NSW | |
23 July |
1pm: - AGM - Video - Solti conducts Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Wagner Overtures and Preludes & Berlioz Romeo et Juliette orchestral music |
Goethe Institut | |
5 & 8 September | 5pm: Götterdämmerung, SSO performances | Goethe Institut | |
17 September | 1pm: Panel on Götterdämmerung with excerpts from video documentaries on Wagner: Hitler's religion and The Wagner Dynasty by Petrus Van der Let and The Great Composers: Wagner | Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House | |
15 October |
1pm: Wagner Society 20th Anniversary function - with guest of honour Horst Hoffmann, Australia's renowned Heldentenor and Society Life Member. He was joined in recital by soprano Adele Johnston and accompanist Fiona McCabe. The anniversary will celebrate 20 years since Wagner lovers met in Bayreuth on 26 October 1980 and agreed to start a Wagner Society in Australia |
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Goethe Institut |
19 November |
1pm: Video - Tristan und Isolde (Bayreuth, Barenboim conducting, Ponelle staging, Kollo, Meier, Schwarz, Salinen & Becht) |
Goethe Institut | |
10 December |
2pm: - Christmas party. - Walking with Wagner, Barry Walters' presentation on visiting Wagner's residences and video of Wagner's favourite walk around Triebschen |
Goethe Institut |