“Toscanini and Wagner”
Talk with Cesare Civetta: “Toscanini and Wagner."
Talk with Cesare Civetta: “Toscanini and Wagner."
Tristan und Isolde Seminar: Donald Rosenthal, Robert Sutherland, Jeffrey Swann, Hans Vaget, and the Met Tristan Cast Roundtable: Nina Stemme, Ekaterina Gubanova, Stuart Skelton, and René Pape. Moderator: Robert J. Sweeney.
Roundup of Summer Festivals: Washington, Budapest, Bayreuth.
Bayreuth Festival Lecture Series: John Muller, Lecturer.
Tribute to Waltraud Meier, Met soprano (for special contributor members). Interview with F. Paul Driscoll; message from Mo. Daniel Barenboim, remarks by distinguished guests; presentation of Anton Seidl Award.
Violinist Erica Miner: “21 Years at the Met.”
“Wagner in Hungary”: multi-media program presented by Hungarian Consulate; screening of “Meeting Venus.”
Masterclass with Adrianne Pieczonka, Met soprano.
Sven Friedrich: “The New Wagner Museum in Bayreuth.” At the Morgan Library & Museum, in conjunction with their exhibit “Wagner’s Ring: Forging an Epic.”
Recital with Felicia Moore, soprano; Craig Ketter, piano.
Walter Frisch. “After Tristan”: its impact, and the 2015 Bayreuth production.
Tannhäuser Seminar: Speakers: Dorothea von Mücke, Marion Burleigh-Motley, Joe Pearce, Victor Callegari, Ira Lieberman, Sylvia Nolan, Jasmin Cowin; Met Cast Roundtable: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michelle DeYoung, Frank van Aken, Peter Mattei, Günther Groissböck. Robert Sweeney, moderator.