"Tannhäuser Seminar" Speakers: Prof. Robert Bailey, Prof. Stephen R. Cerf, Joe Pearce; Met Cast Roundtable, hosted by Robert J. Sweeney), moderator: Michelle DeYoung, Mark Lundberg (Tannhäuser cover), Charles Taylor (Biterolf). Production panel discussion, hosted by Peter Allen: Phoebe Berkowitz (Tannhäuser stage director), Steve Brown (Met company manager), Diana Levy (ballet director), Sylvia Nolan (costume director).
Prof. Michael Beckerman, lecturer. "The Not Too Long and Somewhat Strange Story of How Dvorak Came to Choose Wagner over Brahms. Celebration of the centennial of Dvorak's death"
Dr. Oswald Georg Bauer, lecturer. "United are Love and Spring."
"Bayreuth 2004" Visuals, tapes, and panel discussion by attendees: Felicia Bonaparte, Eugene Brister, Verena Kossodo, and Thurmond Smithgall. Moderator: F. Peter Phillips.
Hospitality Suites: Reception and boutique for Met Ring attendees.
Hospitality Suites: Reception and boutique for Met Ring attendees.
Hospitality Suites: Reception and boutique for Met Ring attendees.
Hospitality Suites: Reception and boutique for Met Ring attendees.
Das Rheingold Seminar. Speakers: Dr. Árni Björnsson, Prof. Patrick McCreless, Erick Neher, Joe Pearce, and Alan Wagner. Met Cast Roundtable: Yvonne Naef (Fricka), Philip Langridge (Loge) and Richard Paul Fink (Alberich). Moderator: Lew Grenville.
Reception in honor of Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor, for special contributor members.
Alan Wagner. Mini-course on the Ring. Co-sponsored by the Society and City University of New York Graduate Center.
Alan Wagner. Mini-course on the Ring. Co-sponsored by the Society and City University of New York Graduate Center.