Wagner and the Quest for the Autonomous Musical Voice
Lecture by Prof. Lydia Goehr, Dept. of Philosophy, Columbia University, and book signing for her book The Quest for Voice.
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.
Lecture by Jonathan Khuner, coach and prompter in Bayreuth, San Francisco Opera, and the Met Walküre.
Lecture and recital by Jeffrey Swann, concert pianist and Wagner scholar, followed by a German buffet lunch.
Lecture with slides by Prof. Henry-Louis de la Grange, noted biographer of Gustav Mahler.
Panel discussion by Society members who attended the new Bayreuth Ring production by Jürgen Flimm.
Lecture, with musical illustrations, by Jonathan Lewsey, British writer/lecturer, author of Who’s Who and What’s What in Wagner.
Lecture by Xavier Nicolás (Presiden of Asociación Wagneriana de Barcelona) on the 100th Anniversary of the Asociación and a discussion with slides of José Mestres Cabanes (Spanish painter and set designer).
Lecture with slides by Prof. Alessandra Comini, Southern Methodist University.
Overview of New York City Opera’s Der fliegende Holländer conductor. Commentary and panel discussion with participants.