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  • Das Rheingold Dinner

    Society ticketholders for Das Rheingold in the 2nd and 3rd cycles were invited to dine at O’Neal’s before the performance

  • Ring Reception

    Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.

  • Jane Eaglen Reception

    Reception and interview with Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde in the Met Ring) and her husband, Brian Lyson; Lew Grenville, interviewer.

  • Baltimore Opera Tannhäuser

    Society group attendance at the Baltimore Opera Company’s production of Tannhäuser, directed by Werner Herzog.

  • Die Feen and La Donna Serpente

    Speakers: Prof. John L. DiGaetani, on Carlo Gozzi’s play La Donna Serpente (the source of Wagner’s early opera), and Suzanne M. Lodato, Ph.D., on Wagner’s Die Feen.

  • A Hero’s Life: Jon Vickers

    Talk with recorded illustrations and book signing by Jeannie Williams, author of the first biography of renowned heldentenor Jon Vickers.

  • Holiday Musicale

    Principals: Marjorie Elinor Dix (soprano), Eugenie Grunewald (mezzo-soprano); Thomas Bagwell (pianist).

  • Ben Heppner Reception

    Reception in honor of Ben Heppner (Met Tristan), a joint program of the Society and the Canadian Consulate General.

  • Thanksgiving Dinner

    Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner at a traditional Thanksgiving dinner attended by several Society members and friends at the residence of John Ryan and Lia Troy.

  • Harlem Tour

    Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner tour Harlem and attend the Harlem Gospel Choir. Lunch hosted by Society member Johann Mainz, with a tour of Columbia University campus.

  • Lower Manhattan Tour

    Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner, escorted by Society member Robert Schiffmann, on a tour of Lower Manhattan.