Parsifal Seminar
Fifteenth Annual Seminar: Parsifal
Fifteenth Annual Seminar: Parsifal
Met Grand Tier Dinner. Society ticket holders for the opening Met Parsifal were invited to dine on the Grand Tier before the performancce.
Lecture by Dr. Hans Meldens.
Principals: Jennifer Bodenweber (soprano), John Short (tenor); Mark Cogley (pianist).
Annual Business Meeting.
Reception. Jane Eaglen (soprano) and Gerard Schwarz (conductor) following Mostly Mozart Orchestra concert.
Society group attendance at concert featuring Wagner overtures and preludes. Kurt Masur, conductor.
A Discussion. With Arizona Opera Ring principals Janet Northway, Caroline Whisnant, Mark Rehnstrom, and Edward Russell; Thurmond Smithgall, moderator.
Lecture with slides by Penelope Turing, British author/lecturer.
View from the Pit. Principals: Ira Lieberman (violin), Richard Reissig (French horn and Wagner tuba), Marvin Topolsky (string bass); Robert J. Sweeney, moderator.
Introduction of a new interactive study program for the complete Ring Cycle on CD-ROM. Speaker: Monte Stone, developer of the program.
Gala concert and tributes, including one from the Society, on the 50th anniversary of his Met debut.