Wagner’s Operatic Genius
Society group attendance at an all-Wagner concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch.
Past Events
12 events found.
Dvorak’s Homeric Wagner
Lecture by Professor Michael Beckerman on Wagner’s influence on Dvorak.
Holiday Musicale
Principals: Joanna Porackova (soprano), Tim Tobin (tenor); Valery Ryvkin and William Hicks (pianists).
“Sire, You have done well”: Berlioz and Wagner, Then and Now.
Lecture by Prof. Peter Bloom, member of the advisory panel, New Berlioz Edition.
Talk with Anne Evans
Reception/Interview. Anne Evans, soprano, Leonora in the Met Fidelio. Differences and similarities in singing Beethoven and Wagner; Erick Neher, interviewer.
Wolf and Wagnerism.
Lecture/recital by Joseph Smith, pianist and scholar. Performers: Gale Limansky (soprano) and Duncan Hartman (baritone)
Bayreuth: Then and Now
Lecture by Robert Kreis, director/playwright/conductor. Panel discussion with slides.
Annual Business Meeting
Annual Business Meeting
Wagner Birthday Musicale
Wendy Hoffman, Met mezzo-soprano; Earl Buys, piano.
Rhine Journey on the Hudson
Four-hour dinner cruise on World Yacht’s luxury flagship Princess of New York in honor of the Met Ring.
Talk with Graham Clark
Reception/interview. Graham Clark (Loge and Mime); Robert J. Sweeney, interviewer.
Met Grand Tier Dinner
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.