Ring Reception
Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.
Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.
Society ticketholders for Das Rheingold in the 2nd and 3rd cycles were invited to dine at O’Neal’s before the performance
Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.
Lecture and recital by Jeffrey Swann, concert pianist and Wagner scholar, followed by a German buffet lunch.
Lecture with slides by Prof. Henry-Louis de la Grange, noted biographer of Gustav Mahler.
Annual Business Meeting
Panel discussion by Society members who attended the new Bayreuth Ring production by Jürgen Flimm.
Lecture, with musical illustrations, by Jonathan Lewsey, British writer/lecturer, author of Who’s Who and What’s What in Wagner.
Society group attendance at the New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, conductor, in the premiere of his 70-minute arrangement of the Ring Cycle.
21st Annual Seminar. Speakers: Prof. Simon Williams, Erick Neher, Prof. Robert Bailey, Joe Pearce, Prof. Mark Anderson; Robert J. Sweeney, moderator. Discussion with Met principal Roland Wagenführer (Erick).
Talk by Prof. Joachim Herz (opera director) on his 1964 film of the opera, followed by a screening of the film.
Amanda Mace (soprano); Thomas Bagwell (pianist).