Summer Festivals
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.
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.
Simon O’Neill, Met Opera and international heldentenor: Interview, with performances from his roles in which he accompanied himself. Scott Carlton, host.
“Wagner –A Genius in Exile”: A scenic documentary film with interviews and music, about Wagner’s sojourns in Switzerland. Antoine Wagner, guest of honor and interviewee. Scott Carlton, host.
Budapest Ring Cycle, with WSNY group attendance.
Summer Festivals: Budapest, Erl, and Bayreuth (with visuals).
Tribute to Maestro Lorin Maazel; Michael Sherwin, presenter (with audio and video clips).