Past Events

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.

Does Wagner’s Anti-Semitism Matter?

Talk by Prof. Paul Lawrence Rose, author of Wagner: Race and Revolution. Commentary by Prof. Hans Vaget; Prof. Peter Bloom, moderator.

Holiday Musicale

Principals: Janet Hopkins (soprano), John Shelhart (baritone); Joseph Smith (pianist).

Furtwängler and Wagner

Lecture and book signing by Sam Shirakawa, author of The Devil’s Disciple: The Controversial Life and Career of Wilhelm Furtwängler.

Tristan und Isolde in Pittsburgh

Preview/discussion of Pittsburgh Opera’s Tristan in November 1992. William Farlow (director) and Penelope Daner (Isolde); Lew Grenville, host.