“The Disillusionment of Revolutionaries: Wagner, Frank Castorf, and the Ring”
talk with Mark Berry
talk with Mark Berry
Talk with Thomas S. Grey
Centenary Tribute to Birgit Nilsson: Ken Benson, host.
Presentations by members.
Highlighting the visit of the Hungarian State Opera and National Ballet.
talk by Saul Lilienstein
Michael Sherwin: “Leonard Bernstein at 100: A Master Wagnerian.”
Talk with Paul de Quenoy
Jennifer B. Lee, curator: Unique Materials in the Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library (exhibit and talk), followed by lunch.
presentation by Jeffrey Swann
Jennifer B. Lee, curator: Unique Materials in the Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library (exhibit and talk), followed by lunch.
Bayreuth Festival Highlights: German Bravo-Casas on Siegfried Wagner’s life and career; John Muller on the new production of Tannhäuser ; Scott Carlton on the anniversary of Wolfgang Wagner’s birth and his years as Director of the Bayreuth Festival.