Thomas Mann, Franz W. Beidler, and the Legacy of Richard Wagner
Lecture by Prof. Hans R. Vaget.
Lecture by Prof. Hans R. Vaget.
Lecture by Michael Steinberg, musicologist and critic.
Lecture on Die Meistersinger by Prof. Simon Williams, Dir. of Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara.
Society group attendance at Opera at Florham’s dull day of Wagner-related activities.
Lecture by Joseph Horowitz, repeating his talk from the August 1998 International Symposium on “Wagner and the Jews” in Bayreuth.
Lecture by John Grande, Chief Librarian, the Metropolitan Opera
Lecture with musical demosntrations by Joseph Smith, pianist and scholar, assisted by Judith Donham (soprano), Madeline Kristoffersson (soprano), and Duncan Hartman (baritone).
Lecture by Prof. Boris Gasparov, Dept. of Slavic Languages, Columbia University.
Lecture by Prof. Lydia Goehr, Dept. of Philosophy, Columbia University, and book signing for her book The Quest for Voice.
Slides of the production, videotaped interview with Pierre Audi (director) and panel discussion with Amsterdam Ring attendees
Commemorative Series: Program honoring the great American soprano. Presenters: Geoffrey S. Riggs and Alfred Hubay.
Speakers: Prof. John L. DiGaetani, on Carlo Gozzi’s play La Donna Serpente (the source of Wagner’s early opera), and Suzanne M. Lodato, Ph.D., on Wagner’s Die Feen.