Past Events

  • Ring Reception

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

  • Rhine Journey on the Hudson

    Four-hour dinner cruise on the luxury yacht Mystique in honor of the Met Ring. Guests of Honor: Ms. Irmtraut Hubatsch (Goethe-Institut) and Dr. Ludwig Linden (German Consulate).

  • Ring Reception

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

  • Unsung, Unseen, and Unheard

    Lecture by Jonathan Khuner, coach and prompter in Bayreuth, San Francisco Opera, and the Met Walküre.

  • 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.