Talk with Stephanie Blythe
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano, Fricka in Met Opera and Seattle Opera Ring Cycles: Interview and reception. Ken Benson, host.
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano, Fricka in Met Opera and Seattle Opera Ring Cycles: Interview and reception. Ken Benson, host.
Holiday Recital: Sarah Heltzel, mezzo, and John Dominick, bass-baritone.
Wagner and Strauss Seminar, with emphasis on Die Frau ohne Schatten. Speakers: Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), J. Knighten Smit (director), Prof. Kevin C. Karnes, Prof. Bryan Gilliam, Joe Pearce; Met Cast Roundtable: Christine Goerke, Anne Schwanewilms, Ildikó Komlósi, Johan Reuter. Moderator: Robert J. Sweeney.
Summer Festivals: Bayreuth and Seattle. PowerPoints and panels. Alfred Jones, moderator. Bayreuth: Scott Carlton, Michael Engber, John Muller, Rebecca Wui; Seattle: Don Crawshaw, Matthew Hoffman.
Screening of documentary film by Hilan Warshaw: “Wagner’s Jews”; with panel discussion, moderated by Lydia Goehr. Panelists: Philip Kitcher, Stuart Klawans, Anne Midgette, Hilan Warshaw.
Open house and reception for exhibit of Celebrated Composers in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University.
Bayreuth Festival attendance and English language lectures sponsored by WSNY; John J. H. Muller, 2012 lecturer.
Interview with Nina Stemme (soprano) and Mark Delavan (baritone); Margaret Juntwait, host; reception in celebration of Wagner’s 199th birthday and 35th anniversary of the Wagner Society of New York.
“Rhine Journey on the Hudson”: lunch cruise in lower New York harbor.
Opera in HD: A Panel Discussion. Hilan Warshaw, moderator; Panelists: Heidi Waleson, Dr. Brian Large, and Eric Owens.
Götterdämmerung Seminar: Scholars: Marian Burleigh-Motley, Will Crutchfield, Ryan Minor, Joe Pearce, Hilan Warshaw; Met Cast Roundtable: Katarina Dalayman, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Iain Paterson.
Group sale for Rienzi: concert performance by Opera Orchestra of NY.