Wagner/Strauss Seminar
Fourteenth Annual Seminar: Wagner/Strauss.
Past Events
12 events found.
Dutchman Dinner
Met Grand Tier Dinner. Society ticket holders for the Met Dutchman were invited to dine on the Grand Tier before the performance.
“Proud Ocean”: Reflections on Der fliegende Holländer—the Legends and the Musical Inspiration.
Lecture by Prof. Gabriela Roepke, with musical illustrations.
Wagner’s Operatic Genius
Society group attendance at an all-Wagner concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch.
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.