Past Events

Wagner’s Operatic Genius

Society group attendance at an all-Wagner concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch.

Holiday Musicale

Principals: Joanna Porackova (soprano), Tim Tobin (tenor); Valery Ryvkin and William Hicks (pianists).

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.

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.