Rhine Journey on the Hudson
“Rhine Journey on the Hudson”: lunch cruise in lower New York harbor.
“Rhine Journey on the Hudson”: lunch cruise in lower New York harbor.
Interview with Nina Stemme (soprano) and Mark Delavan (baritone); Margaret Juntwait, host; reception in celebration of Wagner’s 199th birthday and 35th anniversary of the Wagner Society of New York.
Bayreuth Festival attendance and English language lectures sponsored by WSNY; John J. H. Muller, 2012 lecturer.
Open house and reception for exhibit of Celebrated Composers in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University.
Screening of documentary film by Hilan Warshaw: “Wagner’s Jews”; with panel discussion, moderated by Lydia Goehr. Panelists: Philip Kitcher, Stuart Klawans, Anne Midgette, Hilan Warshaw.
Summer Festivals: Bayreuth and Seattle. PowerPoints and panels. Alfred Jones, moderator. Bayreuth: Scott Carlton, Michael Engber, John Muller, Rebecca Wui; Seattle: Don Crawshaw, Matthew Hoffman.
Wagner and Strauss Seminar, with emphasis on Die Frau ohne Schatten. Speakers: Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), J. Knighten Smit (director), Prof. Kevin C. Karnes, Prof. Bryan Gilliam, Joe Pearce; Met Cast Roundtable: Christine Goerke, Anne Schwanewilms, Ildikó Komlósi, Johan Reuter. Moderator: Robert J. Sweeney.
Holiday Recital: Sarah Heltzel, mezzo, and John Dominick, bass-baritone.
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano, Fricka in Met Opera and Seattle Opera Ring Cycles: Interview and reception. Ken Benson, host.
Reception in honor of Maestro Adam Fischer, for special contributor members.
Information program on Budapest Ring with reception, hosted by Hungarian Consulate General.
“Russia at the Met.” Prof. Boris Gasparov: “ Eugene Onegin, Tristan, and Problems of Operatic Realism”; Marian Burleigh-Motley: visual presentation on Prince Igor and The Nose.