Telling it Like it Is: Exploring Narrations in the Ring
Lecture and recital by Jeffrey Swann, concert pianist and Wagner scholar, followed by a German buffet lunch.
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).
New Year’s Day Musicale: Recital by Barbara Quintiliani, soprano, and Andrew Gangestad, bass.
“Wagner Our Contemporary.” Four provocative programs with superb soloists, including WSNY’s Lauch Awardee and Met soprano Marjorie Elinor Dix. Presented by French Institute Alliance Française.