Holiday Musicale
Principals: Marjorie Elinor Dix (soprano), Eugenie Grunewald (mezzo-soprano); Thomas Bagwell (pianist).
Principals: Marjorie Elinor Dix (soprano), Eugenie Grunewald (mezzo-soprano); Thomas Bagwell (pianist).
Reception in honor of Ben Heppner (Met Tristan), a joint program of the Society and the Canadian Consulate General.
Commemorative Series: Program honoring the great American soprano. Presenters: Geoffrey S. Riggs and Alfred Hubay.
Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner at a traditional Thanksgiving dinner attended by several Society members and friends at the residence of John Ryan and Lia Troy.
Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner tour Harlem and attend the Harlem Gospel Choir. Lunch hosted by Society member Johann Mainz, with a tour of Columbia University campus.
Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner, escorted by Society member Robert Schiffmann, on a tour of Lower Manhattan.
Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner visit the Morgan Library to view its Wagner holdings. Special presentation hosted by Rigbie Turner, Music Curator and Society member. Lunch at the Morgan.
Interview and question period with Wolfgang Wagner on the occasion of his and Frau Gudrun Wagner’s five-day visit to New York City
20th Annual Seminar
Reception and Interview with Met divas Inge Borkh and Blanche Thebom; Lew Granville, interviewer. With slides from their Met performances.
Slides of the production, videotaped interview with Pierre Audi (director) and panel discussion with Amsterdam Ring attendees
Annual Business Meeting