Dvorak’s Homeric Wagner
Lecture by Professor Michael Beckerman on Wagner’s influence on Dvorak.
Lecture by Professor Michael Beckerman on Wagner’s influence on Dvorak.
Principals: Joanna Porackova (soprano), Tim Tobin (tenor); Valery Ryvkin and William Hicks (pianists).
Lecture by Prof. Peter Bloom, member of the advisory panel, New Berlioz Edition.
Reception/Interview. Anne Evans, soprano, Leonora in the Met Fidelio. Differences and similarities in singing Beethoven and Wagner; Erick Neher, interviewer.
Lecture/recital by Joseph Smith, pianist and scholar. Performers: Gale Limansky (soprano) and Duncan Hartman (baritone)
Lecture by Robert Kreis, director/playwright/conductor. Panel discussion with slides.
Annual Business Meeting
Wendy Hoffman, Met mezzo-soprano; Earl Buys, piano.
Four-hour dinner cruise on World Yacht’s luxury flagship Princess of New York in honor of the Met Ring.
Reception/interview. Graham Clark (Loge and Mime); Robert J. Sweeney, interviewer.
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.
Luncheon Lecture: Shaw, Wagner, and the Ring Cycle. Dr. Gary Schmidgall; Wagner boutique.