Perspectives on the Amsterdam Ring
Slides of the production, videotaped interview with Pierre Audi (director) and panel discussion with Amsterdam Ring attendees
Past Events
12 events found.
Lecture
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.
A Music Drama Russian Style: Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina
Lecture by Prof. Boris Gasparov, Dept. of Slavic Languages, Columbia University.
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).
Behind the Scenes at the Met Library
Lecture by John Grande, Chief Librarian, the Metropolitan Opera
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.
Wagner Day at Opera Florham
Society group attendance at Opera at Florham’s dull day of Wagner-related activities.
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.
Bruckner and Wagner: An Odd Couple
Lecture by Michael Steinberg, musicologist and critic.
Thomas Mann, Franz W. Beidler, and the Legacy of Richard Wagner
Lecture by Prof. Hans R. Vaget.
The Italian Wagnerians
Lecture by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, with recorded musical examples.
Tannhäuser: Complete Opera on Laserdisc
Presentation of the complete Tannhäuser in a revolutionary Bayreuth interpretation by Götz Friedrich.