Wagner Birthday Musicale
Principals: Jane Dutton (mezzo-soprano), Stephan Kirchgraber (bass); Steven M. Crawford (pianist).
Principals: Jane Dutton (mezzo-soprano), Stephan Kirchgraber (bass); Steven M. Crawford (pianist).
Noted voice teacher Oren Brown with some of his pupils and Society Members
Lecture with musical demosntrations by Joseph Smith, pianist and scholar, assisted by Judith Donham (soprano), Madeline Kristoffersson (soprano), and Duncan Hartman (baritone).
Principals: Adrienne Dugger (soprano), Emile Fath (baritone); Joseph Smith, piano.
Principals: Marjorie Elinor Dix (soprano), Eugenie Grunewald (mezzo-soprano); Thomas Bagwell (pianist).
Lecture and recital by Jeffrey Swann, concert pianist and Wagner scholar, followed by a German buffet lunch.
Amanda Mace (soprano); Thomas Bagwell (pianist).
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Met debut of Lucine Amara (soprano). Recital by Mme. Amara; Thomas Bagwell, pianist, followed by interview and reception; Lew Grenville, interviewer.
Metropolitan Opera baritone Eike Wilm Schulte in a program of Schuber Lieder; Carrie-Ann Matheson (pianist).
25th WSNY Anniversary Gala and Reception. transcriptions.
Dinner and Entertainment: Reception, gourmet dinner, Overture to Tannhäuser danced by Jeanne Bresciani, highlights from the Society’s first quarter-century, honoring of charter members, photo displays, and silent auction. p.m.
Adrienne Dugger, soprano; Craig Ketter, pianist. Recital, interview with slides of Der Fliegende Holländer (Bayreuth), and dinner.