Past Events

Ring Reception

Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.

Das Rheingold Dinner

Society ticketholders for Das Rheingold in the 2nd and 3rd cycles were invited to dine at O’Neal’s before the performance

Ring Reception

Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.

Rhine Journey on the Hudson

Four-hour dinner cruise on the luxury yacht Mystique in honor of the Met Ring. Guests of Honor: Ms. Irmtraut Hubatsch (Goethe-Institut) and Dr. Ludwig Linden (German Consulate).

Ring Reception

Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.

Unsung, Unseen, and Unheard

Lecture by Jonathan Khuner, coach and prompter in Bayreuth, San Francisco Opera, and the Met Walküre.

Das Rheingold Dinner

Society ticketholders for Das Rheingold in the 2nd and 3rd cycles were invited to dine at O’Neal’s before the performance

Ring Reception

Hospitality Suite: All Met Ring attendees were invited to drop by, view the Ring Disc demonstration, and become acquainted with the Society.

Jane Eaglen Reception

Reception and interview with Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde in the Met Ring) and her husband, Brian Lyson; Lew Grenville, interviewer.

Baltimore Opera Tannhäuser

Society group attendance at the Baltimore Opera Company’s production of Tannhäuser, directed by Werner Herzog.

Die Feen and La Donna Serpente

Speakers: Prof. John L. DiGaetani, on Carlo Gozzi’s play La Donna Serpente (the source of Wagner’s early opera), and Suzanne M. Lodato, Ph.D., on Wagner’s Die Feen.

A Hero’s Life: Jon Vickers

Talk with recorded illustrations and book signing by Jeannie Williams, author of the first biography of renowned heldentenor Jon Vickers.