Members and friends out & about in 2025

January: Our website guru Dr Ashish Nanda liaising via zoom with Danny May and Lis Bergmann [photo, via zoom]
February: Member Tim Green skiing in Whistler, Canada.
February: Member Tim Green skiing in Whistler, Canada.
February: Melbourne Opera ‘Meistersinger’ poster
February: Rehearsing: front – Anthony Negus [Conductor]; back – James Egglestone [Walther von Stolzing], Lee Abrahmsen [Eva] & Warwick Fyfe [Hans Sachs]
February: Rehearsing: Anthony Negus [Conductor], Robert Macfarlane [David] & Warwick Fyfe [Hans Sachs].
February: Leona Geeves in Melbourne for ‘Meistersinger’ [photo, Leona Geeves]
February: Inside the restored Royal Exhibition Building [photo, VP Mike Day]
February: Seated audience, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: Melbourne Opera’s ‘Meistersinger’, featuring Maestro Anthony Negus [photo, Pauline Holgerson]
February: During interval, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: At the theatre, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: L-R: Sue Fyfe & Ruth Frances at the final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: L-R: Suzanne Chaundy & VP Marie Leech [photo, Marie Leech] at the final performance.
February: Maestro Negus & orchestra, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: Inside the restored Royal Exhibition Building [photo, VP Mike Day]
February: Curtain call, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: Melbourne Opera’s ‘Meistersinger’ curtain call, featuring member Warwick Fyfe [photo, Pauline Holgerson]
March: June Donsworth (right) & friend at Opera Australia’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’ [photo, Opera Australia]
March: Andy Rombakis, new President, WS of Northern California, & friend to many WSNSW members. “Some say the job changes you though….”
March: Andy Rombakis, new President, WS of Northern California, & friend to many WSNSW members. “Some say the job changes you though….”
April: ‘Don Carlos’, Paris Opera & Chorus, Opéra Bastille, on 4 April. L-R: Ekaterina Gubanova (La Princesse Eboli); Charles Castronovo (IDon Carlos); Maestro Simone Young; Ching-Lien Wu (Chorus master); Marina Rebeka (Elisabeth de Valois). Not shown: Christian Van Horn (Philippe II) & Krzysztof Warlikowski (Director). I loved the production and was totally carried away by the emotions and superb singing, esp Rebeka, what more can one ask? [photo, June Donsworth]
May: WSNSW members at the second performance of the Royal Opera’s new production of ‘Die Walküre’ by Barrie Kosky on 4 May. L-R Terry Clarke, Robert Mitchell, June Donsworth, Glynis Johns & Julie Clarke [photo, Robert Mitchell]
May: Lis Bergmann & Robert Woodley on a tour of La Fenice Opera House [photo, Lis Bergmann]
May: WSNSW President Esteban Insausti attending Das Rheingold at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attended the Ring Cycle at Theater Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti, wearing black for Die Walküre at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: The 8 warrior sisters take a bow., Die Walküre at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attending Siegfried at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Curtain call – Siegfried at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attending Götterdämmerung at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attending Götterdämmerung at Basel – and carrying a Migros paper bag with cushion to improve sightline [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Curtain call – Götterdämmerung at Basel showing it takes a small village or an army to perform a Ring. It was well worth the effort [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: At the Basel Ring [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Camron Dyer at the Vienna Staatsoper for Tannhäuser [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Richard Mason in the Vienna Staatsoper for Tannhäuser, [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Richard Mason in the Vienna Staatsoper for Tannhäuser, [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Program for the Vienna Staatsoper Tannhäuser, [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: V-P Marie Leech at Frankfurt Opera’s ‘Parsifal’ [photo, Marie Leech]
May: Curtain call, at Frankfurt Opera’s ‘Parsifal’ [photo, Marie Leech]
June: At the Vienna Ring – on the main staircase to the Wiener Staatsoper during the second interval of Götterdämmerung (28 June 2025) [photo, Esteban Insausti]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young. Simone Young & orchestra curtain call [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: The Festspiele house has amazing acoustics as the orchestra is inside a” megaphone” sound shell [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Curtain calls from concert performance of ‘Die Walküre’, Act 1, Salzburg Festival. Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nezet-Sequin. L-R John Relyea (Hunding), Stanislaus de Bareyax (Siegmund) & Elza van den Heever (Sieglinde). Wonderful singing & emotion conveyed by all three [photo, June Donsworth] 24 August 2025.
August: Curtain calls from concert performance of ‘Die Walküre’, Act 1, Salzburg Festival. Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nezet-Sequin. L-R John Relyea (Hunding), Stanislaus de Bareyax (Siegmund) & Elza van den Heever (Sieglinde). Wonderful singing & emotion conveyed by all three [photo, June Donsworth] 24 August 2025.
November: Robert Mitchell, Esteban Insausti, Barbara de Rome & VP Mike Day at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s first performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: VP Marie Leech & Barbara de Rome at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s first performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Leona Geeves at the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Former President Roger Cruickshank at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Pauline Holgerson, Lis Bergmann & WS President Esteban Insausti at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Warwick Fyfe [Alberich] during the curtain call at the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Simon O’Neill [Siegfried] during the curtain call at the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
January: Our website guru Dr Ashish Nanda liaising via zoom with Danny May and Lis Bergmann [photo, via zoom]
February: Member Tim Green skiing in Whistler, Canada.
February: Member Tim Green skiing in Whistler, Canada.
February: Melbourne Opera ‘Meistersinger’ poster
February: Rehearsing: front – Anthony Negus [Conductor]; back – James Egglestone [Walther von Stolzing], Lee Abrahmsen [Eva] & Warwick Fyfe [Hans Sachs]
February: Rehearsing: Anthony Negus [Conductor], Robert Macfarlane [David] & Warwick Fyfe [Hans Sachs].
February: Leona Geeves in Melbourne for ‘Meistersinger’ [photo, Leona Geeves]
February: Inside the restored Royal Exhibition Building [photo, VP Mike Day]
February: Seated audience, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: Melbourne Opera’s ‘Meistersinger’, featuring Maestro Anthony Negus [photo, Pauline Holgerson]
February: During interval, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: At the theatre, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: L-R: Sue Fyfe & Ruth Frances at the final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: L-R: Suzanne Chaundy & VP Marie Leech [photo, Marie Leech] at the final performance.
February: Maestro Negus & orchestra, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: Inside the restored Royal Exhibition Building [photo, VP Mike Day]
February: Curtain call, final performance [photo, VP Marie Leech]
February: Melbourne Opera’s ‘Meistersinger’ curtain call, featuring member Warwick Fyfe [photo, Pauline Holgerson]
March: June Donsworth (right) & friend at Opera Australia’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’ [photo, Opera Australia]
March: Andy Rombakis, new President, WS of Northern California, & friend to many WSNSW members. “Some say the job changes you though….”
March: Andy Rombakis, new President, WS of Northern California, & friend to many WSNSW members. “Some say the job changes you though….”
April: ‘Don Carlos’, Paris Opera & Chorus, Opéra Bastille, on 4 April. L-R: Ekaterina Gubanova (La Princesse Eboli); Charles Castronovo (IDon Carlos); Maestro Simone Young; Ching-Lien Wu (Chorus master); Marina Rebeka (Elisabeth de Valois). Not shown: Christian Van Horn (Philippe II) & Krzysztof Warlikowski (Director). I loved the production and was totally carried away by the emotions and superb singing, esp Rebeka, what more can one ask? [photo, June Donsworth]
May: WSNSW members at the second performance of the Royal Opera’s new production of ‘Die Walküre’ by Barrie Kosky on 4 May. L-R Terry Clarke, Robert Mitchell, June Donsworth, Glynis Johns & Julie Clarke [photo, Robert Mitchell]
May: Lis Bergmann & Robert Woodley on a tour of La Fenice Opera House [photo, Lis Bergmann]
May: WSNSW President Esteban Insausti attending Das Rheingold at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attended the Ring Cycle at Theater Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti, wearing black for Die Walküre at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: The 8 warrior sisters take a bow., Die Walküre at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attending Siegfried at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Curtain call – Siegfried at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attending Götterdämmerung at Basel [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Esteban Insausti attending Götterdämmerung at Basel – and carrying a Migros paper bag with cushion to improve sightline [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Curtain call – Götterdämmerung at Basel showing it takes a small village or an army to perform a Ring. It was well worth the effort [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: At the Basel Ring [photo, Esteban Insausti]
May: Camron Dyer at the Vienna Staatsoper for Tannhäuser [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Richard Mason in the Vienna Staatsoper for Tannhäuser, [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Richard Mason in the Vienna Staatsoper for Tannhäuser, [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Program for the Vienna Staatsoper Tannhäuser, [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: Tannhäuser curtain call [photo, Camron Dyer]
May: V-P Marie Leech at Frankfurt Opera’s ‘Parsifal’ [photo, Marie Leech]
May: Curtain call, at Frankfurt Opera’s ‘Parsifal’ [photo, Marie Leech]
June: At the Vienna Ring – on the main staircase to the Wiener Staatsoper during the second interval of Götterdämmerung (28 June 2025) [photo, Esteban Insausti]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young. Simone Young & orchestra curtain call [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Member Lourdes St George & husband Spencer White attended the Bayreuth Ring cycle 2025 conducted by Simone Young [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: The Festspiele house has amazing acoustics as the orchestra is inside a” megaphone” sound shell [photo, Lourdes St George]
August: Curtain calls from concert performance of ‘Die Walküre’, Act 1, Salzburg Festival. Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nezet-Sequin. L-R John Relyea (Hunding), Stanislaus de Bareyax (Siegmund) & Elza van den Heever (Sieglinde). Wonderful singing & emotion conveyed by all three [photo, June Donsworth] 24 August 2025.
August: Curtain calls from concert performance of ‘Die Walküre’, Act 1, Salzburg Festival. Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nezet-Sequin. L-R John Relyea (Hunding), Stanislaus de Bareyax (Siegmund) & Elza van den Heever (Sieglinde). Wonderful singing & emotion conveyed by all three [photo, June Donsworth] 24 August 2025.
November: Robert Mitchell, Esteban Insausti, Barbara de Rome & VP Mike Day at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s first performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: VP Marie Leech & Barbara de Rome at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s first performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Leona Geeves at the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Former President Roger Cruickshank at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Pauline Holgerson, Lis Bergmann & WS President Esteban Insausti at the Wagner Society stall for the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Warwick Fyfe [Alberich] during the curtain call at the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]
November: Simon O’Neill [Siegfried] during the curtain call at the SSO’s second performance of ‘Siegfried’ [photo, VP Marie Leech]

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