Past Events

  • Does Wagner’s Anti-Semitism Matter?

    Talk by Prof. Paul Lawrence Rose, author of Wagner: Race and Revolution. Commentary by Prof. Hans Vaget; Prof. Peter Bloom, moderator.

  • Holiday Musicale

    Principals: Janet Hopkins (soprano), John Shelhart (baritone); Joseph Smith (pianist).

  • Furtwängler and Wagner

    Lecture and book signing by Sam Shirakawa, author of The Devil’s Disciple: The Controversial Life and Career of Wilhelm Furtwängler.

  • Tristan und Isolde in Pittsburgh

    Preview/discussion of Pittsburgh Opera’s Tristan in November 1992. William Farlow (director) and Penelope Daner (Isolde); Lew Grenville, host.