Das Liebesverbot at Glimmerglass
Group attendance at Das Liebesverbot, Glimmerglass Opera.
Group attendance at Das Liebesverbot, Glimmerglass Opera.
Bayreuth English-Language Lecture Series. 2008 lecturer: Professor Hans Rudolf Vaget.
Program on Das Liebesverbot by cast members and director of Glimmerglass Opera (preparation for their presentation of the fully staged American premiere of the opera).
Paul Schofield: “Wagner and Buddhism” with booksigning for his book The Redeemer Reborn: Parsifal as the Fifth Opera of the Ring.
Reception for Gary Lehman (tenor), WSNY grantee who sang two performances of the Met Tristan, and his wife Susan Foster (soprano) (for special contributor members).
Annual Seminar, on Die Walküre. Speakers: Professors Edward Haymes and Robert Bailey, Cori Ellison, Joe Pearce, Maestro Donald Runnicles; Met Cast Roundtable, hosted by Lew Grenville, moderator: Margaret Jane Wray (Sieglinde cover), Michelle DeYoung (Brangäne), and Clifton Forbis (Siegmund).
Conversation with Anja Silja and Eva Wagner-Pasquier. In collaboration with George London Foundation.
Reception for Adrienne Pieczonka, Bayreuth and Met soprano (for special contributor members).
Holiday Musicale: Julia Rolwing (soprano) and Jeffrey Springer (tenor), WSNY endowed fund grantees; Lloyd Arriola, pianist.
Prof. Hans Rudolf Vaget (Smith College): “The Importance of Ernest Newman.”
Dr. Sven Friedrich (Bayreuth archivist): “The Honorable Lady, An Appraisal of Cosima Wagner.”
“Die Meistersinger (Bayreuth); Kirov Ring (New York).” Panel discussion and visuals.