| 20 February | 2pm: Post-Adelaide Ring Cycle discussion | Goethe Institut | ||
| 20 March |
2pm: - recital by Jessica Pratt accompanied by Sharolyn Kimmorley - Antony Ernst, who had been in Rome with her, interviewed Jessica Pratt |
Goethe Institut | ||
| 17 April | 2pm: Palm Sunday - Alan Whelan on Symbols in Parsifal | Goethe Institut | ||
| 22 May |  2pm: - AGM - Recital by Kerry Nicholson & Amy Radford, students from the Conservatorium of Music who were recipients of our German Language Scholarships, accompanied by Sharolyn Kimmorley - Sharolyn Kimmorley also played a rarely-performed piece of piano music by Wagner which Asher Fisch had played in Adelaide during the Neidhardt Ring. - This event coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Society and the 100th Newsletter - June 2005 issue, to celebrate 25 years since Wagner lovers met in Bayreuth on 26 October 1980 and agreed to start a Wagner Society in Australia. - Birthday party |
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Goethe Institut | |
| 17 July | 2pm: Dr Roger Hillman, German and Film Studies, Australian National University - Wagner and film | Goethe Institut | ||
| 7 August |
2pm: Miriam Gordon-Stewart interviewed acclaimed dramatic soprano Deborah Polaski on her career and recent productions and recordings. This was accompanied by two short extracts from DVDs of Ms Polaski's performance as Brünnhilde in the Kupfer Ring produced in Barcelona in 2004 and conducted by Bertrand de Billy. |
Goethe Institut | ||
| 18 September |
2pm: Panel-led discussion of Bayreuth 2005 performances |
Goethe Institut | ||
| 16 October |
2pm: Composer Nigel Butterley [Australian composer and pianist] - Liszt and Wagner |
Goethe Institut |
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| 20 November | 2pm: Alan Whelan - Perception and Reception of Wagner in the Nazi period | Goethe Institut | ||
| 11 December | 2pm: End of year function | Goethe Institut |