Wednesday 2 April |
7.30pm: 'Myths and Legends of the Germanic Peoples at the time of Richard Wagner and their influence on the English Poets' - a talk by David Wansbrough, Fellow of International International Academy of Poets |
Goethe Institut | |
Sunday 4 May |
9.15pm: The controversial Chéreau version of the Ring, conducted by Pierre Boulez and recorded at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, to be screened Act by Act over 10 successive nights | ABC television and simulcast with ABC FM |
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Wednesday 14 May |
6.30-7.45pm: Annual General Meeting | The Print Room, 141 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo |
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Friday 23 May |
7.30pm for 8.00pm: Annual 'Wagner's Birthday Dinner' Guest of Honour: tenor Ronald Dowd who sang Tannhäuser's narration, accompanied by Werner Baer MBE, and later talked about the early days of opera in Australia and his exploits during his long career |
Menu & signatures | Madison Room, Southern Cross Hotel |
Sunday 29 June |
2.30pm for 3pm: Recital by tenor David Parker and his wife, associate artist Marie Van Hove, both from Canberra School of Music, with a program of Wagner, Liszt and Strauss including the Lohengrin Narration and the Prize Song for Meistersinger by Wagner, and the Liszt sonnets. | Forestville | |
Sunday 31 August |
1-5pm: 'Wagner on CD' - The Flying Dutchman | Goethe Institut | |
Saturday 27 September |
8pm: Australian Ensemble concert in observance of the 100th anniversary of Liszt's death, including his late elegy for Wagner 'At Wagner's grave' and the 'Siegfried Idyll' in the original chamber scoring. | Clancy Auditorium, UNSW | |
Sunday 28 September |
1-5pm: 'Wagner on CD' - Tannhäuser Special guest: Rita Hunter who signed copies of her newly released autobiography |
Goethe Institut | |
Saturday 18 October |
8pm: 'Wagner and his friends' at the home of Denis Condon - an evening of music by Wagner and some of the many composers influenced by Wagner, with piano rolls created by composers and musicians long dead. | Goethe Institut | |
Sunday 26 October |
1-5pm: 'Wagner on CD' - Die Meistersinger | Goethe Institut | |
Sunday 14 December |
2.30-6pm: Christmas Party, with the screening of three short celebratory films including 'One hundred years of Bayreuth' which was one of the first events staged by the Society. | Goethe Institut |