Wagner Birthday Musicale
Principals: Adrienne Dugger (soprano), Emile Fath (baritone); Joseph Smith, piano.
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.
Holiday Musicale: Recital with Jennifer Wilson, soprano, and Roxanne Rowedder, mezzo; Thomas Bagwell, pianist.
Holiday Musicale: Recital by Charles Taylor, Met Opera baritone (WSNY Robert Lauch Award recipient, 2004).
Mark Lundberg, heldentenor. Recital, interview, and dinner (a benefit for the WSNY Singers Fund).