At the after party following the Met’s Ring in New York, 11 May 2019, Pauline Holgerson and Stefan Vinke (Siegfried) (photo, Pauline Holgerson)

Budapest Ring , 13 – 16 June 2019: NSW Wagner Society members, from left, Marie Leech, Terry Clarke, Julie Clarke, Alan Hauserman, Janet Nash (photo, VP Marie Leech)

Budapest Ring: NSW Wagner Society members, from left, Marie Leech, Terry Clarke, Julie Clarke, Alan Hauserman, Janet Nash (photo, VP Marie Leech)

Budapest Ring: Members of NSW Wagner Society with Anna Larsson (Waltraute): from left, Sue Penny; Terry Clarke; Anna Larsson (Waltraute); Julie Clarke; Alan Hauserman; Janet Nash; Nicole Berger; Marie Leech (photo, VP Marie Leech)

Budapest Ring: Second from right is Allison Oakes, Brünnhilde in Siegfried in the Budapest Ring and Brünnhilde for the Brisbane Ring, and on the extreme right is Stefan Vinke, Siegfried in Budapest and in Brisbane (photo, VP Marie Leech)

Budapest Ring: NSW Wagner Society members Julie Clarke, Sue Penny, Janet Nash and Marie Leech (photo, VP Marie Leech)

Beers brewed specially for the Budapest Ring! (photo, VP Marie Leech)

Budapest Ring: from left, Stefan Vinke (Siegried), Marie Leech (photo, VP Marie Leech)

Budapest Ring: from left, Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Albert Pesendorfer (Hunding and Hagen), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde in Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung), Robert Avery (Tour leader of the Habsburg Heritage Ring Tour which Julie, Terry and Marie were members of), Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), and Terry Clarke. In front: Julie Clarke. Julie and Terry were responsible for organizing a wonderful drinks and canapes event for the Habsburg Heritage Ring Tour Group with these members of the cast (photo, VP Marie Leech)

At the after party following the Met’s Ring in New York, 11 May 2019, Pauline Holgerson and Christine Goerke (Brünnhilde) (photo, Pauline Holgerson)

Hugh Hallard & June Donsworth on a gondola going up a mountain in Transylvania, taking a day off from the wonderful Enescu Music Festival in Bucharest. Last night we heard Rolando Villazon singing Mozart arias. Great voice and a superb showman. (photo, June Donsworth)

Tasmanian Scenic Opera Tour dinner at The Kermandie Hotel in Port Huon, October 2019, from left: Phil & Sandy Dudgeon, Sandra Shrader, Barbara Beasley (Society member), Jennifer Ferns (Society member), Adam Player (singer on the tour), Grahame Forster (Tasmanian tour organiser), Leona Geeves (Society member) & Pamela Andrews (Tour organiser and singer) (photo, Leona Geeves).