Members and friends out & about at Melbourne Opera’s Ring Cycle, 24 March – 30 April 2023

24/03/23: And so it begins.
24/03/23: And so the ADCH streaming begins too [photo, Lis Bergmann].
25/03/23: Member Lis Bergmann & friend live-streaming ‘Das Rheingold’ [cycle 1] via Australian Digital Concert Hall [photo, Lis Bergmann].
25/03/23: Dinner at the Woodhouse Restaurant, Bendigo with members: Marie Leech (Vice-President), Ermes De Zan, Rhonda Dalton & John Hughes, plus Melbourne Wagner friends [photo, Marie Leech].
26/03/23: Joint WS Vic & WSNSW drinks during ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 1] first interval (provided by Miki Oikawa & WS Victoria), [photo, Marie Leech].
26/03/23: ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 1] curtain call, with Maestro Anthony Negus, Warwick Fyfe (Wotan) & Valkyries [photo, June Donovan].
30/03/23: Langley Estate Wagner-Liszt recital by Gulliver Poole & Konrad Olszewski [photo, Leona Geeves]
30/03/23: Post-recital drinks – on right, WS Canberra member Douglas Sturkey talking to Suzanne Chaundy & Roderick Poole, parents of Gulliver Poole in centre [photo, Leona Geeves]
30/03/23: Post-recital drinks – Members Barbara & Nick Dorsch, & their friend Christina. Gulliver Poole on left [photo, Leona Geeves]
30/03/23: Post-recital drinks – Suzanne Chaundy & member / Artists’ Liaison Leona Geeves [photo, Leona Geeves]
31/03/23: ‘Siegfried’ [cycle 1] curtain call [photo, Pauline Holgerson].
2/04/23: ‘Götterdämmerung’ [cycle 1] curtain call [photo, June Donovan].
2/04/23: Leona Geeves & Eleanor Greenwood (Ortlinde & 3rd Norn) after ‘Götterdämmerung’ [cycle 1], [photo, Leona Geeves].
9/04/23: Joint WS Vic & WSNSW drinks during first interval, ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 2] – from left, Miki Oikawa [President, WS Vic], member Agnes Brejzek & Esteban Insausti [President, WSNSW], [photo, Ruth Frances].
9/04/23: Joint WS Vic & WSNSW drinks during first interval, ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 2] – from centre, Miki Oikawa [President, WS Vic] & members Robert Mitchell, and Julie & Terry Clarke [photo, Ruth Frances].
9/04/23: From left – Members John Studdert & Dennis Mather, with David Feighan at a private function [photo, John Studdert ].
9/04/23: From left – Member John Studdert, Maestro Anthony Negus, member Julie Clarke, Carmen Jakobi & member Terry Clarke at a private function [photo, John Studdert].
16/04/23: A quartet of Wagner tubas [donated to Melbourne Opera by the Wagner Society NSW] playing Instead of the usual bells to signal the start of ‘Götterdämmerung’ [cycle 2], [photo, Tim Green, from a video].
21/04/23: From left, members Melanie & Sarah Penicka-Smith & Warwick Fyfe, with Warwick’s sister Sue Fyfe after ‘Das Rheingold’ [cycle 3], [photo, Warwick Fyfe]
23/04/23: Die Walkure curtain call [cycle 3] now with Eleanor Greenwood as Sieglinda, Zara Barrett as Brünnhilde & Dimity Shepherd as Fricke [photo, Eleanor Greenwood].
30/04/23 [the final Bendigo Ring performance]: From left, member Ross Whitelaw, Eleanor Greenwood (Sieglinda, cycle 3], James Eggleston [Siegmund] & WS Vice-President Marie Leech {photo, Eleanor Greenwood].
24/03/23: And so it begins.
24/03/23: And so the ADCH streaming begins too [photo, Lis Bergmann].
25/03/23: Member Lis Bergmann & friend live-streaming ‘Das Rheingold’ [cycle 1] via Australian Digital Concert Hall [photo, Lis Bergmann].
25/03/23: Dinner at the Woodhouse Restaurant, Bendigo with members: Marie Leech (Vice-President), Ermes De Zan, Rhonda Dalton & John Hughes, plus Melbourne Wagner friends [photo, Marie Leech].
26/03/23: Joint WS Vic & WSNSW drinks during ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 1] first interval (provided by Miki Oikawa & WS Victoria), [photo, Marie Leech].
26/03/23: ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 1] curtain call, with Maestro Anthony Negus, Warwick Fyfe (Wotan) & Valkyries [photo, June Donovan].
30/03/23: Langley Estate Wagner-Liszt recital by Gulliver Poole & Konrad Olszewski [photo, Leona Geeves]
30/03/23: Post-recital drinks – on right, WS Canberra member Douglas Sturkey talking to Suzanne Chaundy & Roderick Poole, parents of Gulliver Poole in centre [photo, Leona Geeves]
30/03/23: Post-recital drinks – Members Barbara & Nick Dorsch, & their friend Christina. Gulliver Poole on left [photo, Leona Geeves]
30/03/23: Post-recital drinks – Suzanne Chaundy & member / Artists’ Liaison Leona Geeves [photo, Leona Geeves]
31/03/23: ‘Siegfried’ [cycle 1] curtain call [photo, Pauline Holgerson].
2/04/23: ‘Götterdämmerung’ [cycle 1] curtain call [photo, June Donovan].
2/04/23: Leona Geeves & Eleanor Greenwood (Ortlinde & 3rd Norn) after ‘Götterdämmerung’ [cycle 1], [photo, Leona Geeves].
9/04/23: Joint WS Vic & WSNSW drinks during first interval, ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 2] – from left, Miki Oikawa [President, WS Vic], member Agnes Brejzek & Esteban Insausti [President, WSNSW], [photo, Ruth Frances].
9/04/23: Joint WS Vic & WSNSW drinks during first interval, ‘Die Walküre’ [cycle 2] – from centre, Miki Oikawa [President, WS Vic] & members Robert Mitchell, and Julie & Terry Clarke [photo, Ruth Frances].
9/04/23: From left – Members John Studdert & Dennis Mather, with David Feighan at a private function [photo, John Studdert ].
9/04/23: From left – Member John Studdert, Maestro Anthony Negus, member Julie Clarke, Carmen Jakobi & member Terry Clarke at a private function [photo, John Studdert].
16/04/23: A quartet of Wagner tubas [donated to Melbourne Opera by the Wagner Society NSW] playing Instead of the usual bells to signal the start of ‘Götterdämmerung’ [cycle 2], [photo, Tim Green, from a video].
21/04/23: From left, members Melanie & Sarah Penicka-Smith & Warwick Fyfe, with Warwick’s sister Sue Fyfe after ‘Das Rheingold’ [cycle 3], [photo, Warwick Fyfe]
23/04/23: Die Walkure curtain call [cycle 3] now with Eleanor Greenwood as Sieglinda, Zara Barrett as Brünnhilde & Dimity Shepherd as Fricke [photo, Eleanor Greenwood].
30/04/23 [the final Bendigo Ring performance]: From left, member Ross Whitelaw, Eleanor Greenwood (Sieglinda, cycle 3], James Eggleston [Siegmund] & WS Vice-President Marie Leech {photo, Eleanor Greenwood].
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