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COMING SOCIETY EVENTS IN 2024 updated 14 July |
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| 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 |
Tickets here |
Goethe Institut * |
| Sunday 18 August |
12.00pm: DVD - Lotte Lehmann Masterclass | 2.00pm: Talk by Dr Anthony Ernst, Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra, on Die Walküre | Goethe Institut * | |
| Sunday 29 September | 12.30pm: DVD - Richard Strauss and his Heroines | 2.00pm: Talk by WSSA President Geoffrey Seidel on Lola Montez | Goethe Institut * | |
| Sunday 20 October | 12.30pm: DVD - Ring highlights from Valencia – Zubin Mehta | 2.00pm: Talk by 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 TBC |
4.00pm: WSNSW reception for other Wagner Societies | TBC | ||
| 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 * | |
*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