Past Events

Holiday Musicale

Holiday Musicale: Valerie Bernhardt and Corey Bix.

Tristan und Isolde Seminar

Tristan und Isolde Seminar. Lectures by Marian Burleigh-Motley, Joe Pearce, Jeffrey Swann, Prof. Hans Rudolf Vaget; Met Cast Roundtable. 

Bayreuth Talks

Bayreuth English-Language Lecture Series. 2008 lecturer: Professor Hans Rudolf Vaget.

Das Liebesverbot at Glimmerglass

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). 

Wagner and Buddhism

Paul Schofield: “Wagner and Buddhism” with booksigning for his book  The Redeemer Reborn: Parsifal  as the Fifth Opera of the Ring. 

Tenor Gary Lehman Reception

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). 

Die Walküre Seminar

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).