Wagner Society of New York

“Sire, You have done well”: Berlioz and Wagner, Then and Now.
1993-12-10 00:00 UTC
Lecture by Prof. Peter Bloom, member of the advisory panel, New Berlioz Edition. Liederkranz Foundation; Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Talk with Anne Evans
1993-11-23 00:00
Reception/Interview. Anne Evans, soprano, Leonora in the Met Fidelio. Differences and similarities in singing Beethoven and Wagner; Erick Neher, interviewer. Liederkranz Foundation; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Wolf and Wagnerism.
1993-10-26 00:00
Lecture/recital by Joseph Smith, pianist and scholar. Performers: Gale Limansky (soprano) and Duncan Hartman (baritone). Liederkranz Foundation; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Bayreuth: Then and Now
1993-09-24 00:00
Lecture by Robert Kreis, director/playwright/conductor. Panel discussion with slides. Participants: Kit Gill, Verena Kossodo, Daniel Kletke (1993 Bayreuth Festival attendees); Guenter A. Jansen, panel leader. Liederkranz Foundation; Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Annual Business Meeting
1993-06-16 00:00
Annual Business Meeting Church of Sweden (5 East 48th Street); Wednesday, 7:30p.m.

Wagner Birthday Musicale
1993-05-18 00:00
Wendy Hoffman, Met mezzo-soprano; Earl Buys, piano. Bargemusic (Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn); Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Rhine Journey on the Hudson
1993-04-30 00:00
Four-hour dinner cruise on World Yacht’s luxury flagship Princess of New York in honor of the Met Ring. Valerie Capers Trio; Guests of Honor: Dr. Walter Greinert, Consul General of Austria, and Mrs. Greinert. World Yacht Pier 81 (West 41st Street at the Hudson River); Friday, 6:00-10:30 p.m.

Talk with Graham Clark
1993-04-28 00:00
Reception/interview. Graham Clark (Loge and Mime); Robert J. Sweeney, interviewer. New York Academy of Sciences (2 East 63rd Street); Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.

Met Grand Tier Dinner
1993-04-26 00:00, 1993-04-19 00:00
Society ticket holders for Das Rheingold in the 2nd and 3rd Cycles at the Met were invited to dine on the Grand Tier before the performance. Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center); successive Mondays, 6:00 p.m.

Shaw, Wagner, and the Ring Cycle
1993-04-24 00:00
Luncheon Lecture: Shaw, Wagner, and the Ring Cycle. Dr. Gary Schmidgall; Wagner boutique. Christ Church (Park Avenue at 60th Street); Saturday, 11:30 a.m.

Florence Delaage Reception
1993-04-23 00:00
Recital/Cocktail Reception. Piano recital by Florence Delaage and cocktail party in honor of the Met Ring. For special contributor members and officers of other U.S. and foreign Wagner societies. Residence of Kit Gill; Friday, 4:00-5:00 p.m. (recital); 5:30. p.m (cocktail party).

At Home with the Gibichungs
1993-04-21 00:00
Reception/interview with Alan Held (Gunther) and Marie Plette (Gutrune); Anthony Coggi, interviewer. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Central Park West at 65th Street); Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.

Anton Seidl and America’s First Ring
1993-03-19 00:00
Lecture by Elise K .Kirk, Ph.D. Liederkranz Foundation; Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Richard Wagner and His Century
1993-03-17 00:00
Lecture by Prof. Peter Wapnewski, co-editor of Wagner Handbook. (By invitation only.) Goethe-Institut (1014 Fifth Avenue)Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

Does Wagner’s Anti-Semitism Matter?
1993-02-25 00:00
Talk by Prof. Paul Lawrence Rose, author of Wagner: Race and Revolution. Commentary by Prof. Hans Vaget; Prof. Peter Bloom, moderator. AFS International (313 East 43rd Street); Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Meistersinger Seminar
1993-01-16 00:00
Thirteenth Annual Seminar: Die Meistersinger. Speakers: Prof. Robert Bailey, Dale Harris, Saul Lilienstein (slide presentation), Joe Pearce; Lew Grenville, moderator. Met Principals: Gwynne Geyer, Wendy White, Francisco Araiza, Sir Donald McIntyre, Hermann Prey. Robert F. Wagner Intermediate School Auditorium (220 East 76* Street); Saturday, 12:00 noon-5 :00 p.m.

Holiday Musicale
1993-01-03 00:00
Principals: Janet Hopkins (soprano), John Shelhart (baritone); Joseph Smith (pianist). Bösendorfer Hall (406 East 79* Street); Sunday, 2:30 p.m.

Without Bad After-Effects: America’s Genteel Wagner Culture.
1992-11-18 00:00
Lecture by Joseph Horowitz, musicologist/author. Liederkranz Foundation; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Furtwängler and Wagner
1992-10-20 00:00
Lecture and book signing by Sam Shirakawa, author of The Devil’s Disciple: The Controversial Life and Career of Wilhelm Furtwängler. Liederkranz Foundation; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Tristan und Isolde in Pittsburgh
1992-09-24 00:00
Preview/discussion of Pittsburgh Opera’s Tristan in November 1992. William Farlow (director) and Penelope Daner (Isolde); Lew Grenville, host. Liederkranz Foundation (6 East 87* Street); Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
