Die Feen and La Donna Serpente
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.
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Helen Traubel Centenary Celebration
Commemorative Series: Program honoring the great American soprano. Presenters: Geoffrey S. Riggs and Alfred Hubay.
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Perspectives on the Amsterdam Ring
Slides of the production, videotaped interview with Pierre Audi (director) and panel discussion with Amsterdam Ring attendees
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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.
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A Music Drama Russian Style: Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina
Lecture by Prof. Boris Gasparov, Dept. of Slavic Languages, Columbia University.
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Wagnerian? Weberian! Sources of Wagner’s Style in Weber’s Euryanthe
Lecture with musical demosntrations by Joseph Smith, pianist and scholar, assisted by Judith Donham (soprano), Madeline Kristoffersson (soprano), and Duncan Hartman (baritone).
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Behind the Scenes at the Met Library
Lecture by John Grande, Chief Librarian, the Metropolitan Opera
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Wagner and the American Jew: A Personal Reflection
Lecture by Joseph Horowitz, repeating his talk from the August 1998 International Symposium on “Wagner and the Jews” in Bayreuth.
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Wagner Day at Opera Florham
Society group attendance at Opera at Florham’s dull day of Wagner-related activities.
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The Figure of the Artist in Wagner’s Work
Lecture on Die Meistersinger by Prof. Simon Williams, Dir. of Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara.
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Bruckner and Wagner: An Odd Couple
Lecture by Michael Steinberg, musicologist and critic.
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Thomas Mann, Franz W. Beidler, and the Legacy of Richard Wagner
Lecture by Prof. Hans R. Vaget.