Past Events

  • Jonas Kaufmann Reception

    Interview and reception with Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) in his honor. With visuals.

  • Liszt recital

    Liszt recital, with commentary, by Jeffrey Swann, Ph.D.

  • Bayreuth Festival Wrap-Up

    Bayreuth Festival: Visuals, audio clips, and panel: John J. H. Muller (moderator), Scott Carlton, and Simon Frisch.

  • Bayreith Lectures

    Bayreuth Festival: English language lectures sponsored by WSNY; John Muller, 2011 lecturer.

  • Annual General Meeting

    Annual business meeting, followed by encore of excerpts from Waltraud Meier program. 

  • Die Walküre Seminar

    Annual Seminar on  Die Walküre during the Met run. Distinguished scholars (Edward Haymes, Joe Pearce, Jeffrey Swann, Hilan Warshaw), and Met Cast Roundtable: Sabine Hogrefe (Brünnhilde cover), Marjorie Elinor Dix, Stuart Skelton, and Jukka Rasilainen (Wotan cover).

  • Waltraud Meier Reception

    Waltraud Meier (Bayreuth Festival and Met Opera Marie in Wozzeck): interview and reception in her honor. With visuals.

  • Reception for Stuart Skelton

    Reception for Stuart Skelton (Drum Major in Met production of Wozzeck, Robert Lauch Memorial Fund awardee). A Meet the Artist event for special contributors.

  • Joseph Urban Exhibit

    Guided tour of Joseph Urban exhibit at Columbia University. 

  • Holiday Musicale

    Holiday Musicale: Meagan Miller, soprano (Robert Lauch Endowed Fund awardee) and William Hobbs, pianist.