Past Events

  • Tristan und Isolde Seminar

    Tristan und Isolde Seminar. Lectures by Marian Burleigh-Motley, Joe Pearce, Jeffrey Swann, Prof. Hans Rudolf Vaget; Met Cast Roundtable. 

  • Bayreuth Talks

    Bayreuth English-Language Lecture Series. 2008 lecturer: Professor Hans Rudolf Vaget.

  • Das Liebesverbot at Glimmerglass

    Program on  Das Liebesverbot by cast members and director of Glimmerglass Opera (preparation for their presentation of the fully staged American premiere of the opera). 

  • Wagner and Buddhism

    Paul Schofield: “Wagner and Buddhism” with booksigning for his book  The Redeemer Reborn: Parsifal  as the Fifth Opera of the Ring. 

  • Tenor Gary Lehman Reception

    Reception for Gary Lehman (tenor), WSNY grantee who sang two performances of the Met  Tristan, and his wife Susan Foster (soprano) (for special contributor members). 

  • Die Walküre Seminar

    Annual Seminar, on  Die Walküre. Speakers: Professors Edward Haymes and Robert Bailey, Cori Ellison, Joe Pearce, Maestro Donald Runnicles; Met Cast Roundtable, hosted by Lew Grenville, moderator: Margaret Jane Wray (Sieglinde cover), Michelle DeYoung (Brangäne), and Clifton Forbis (Siegmund).

  • Adrienne Pieczonka Reception

    Reception for Adrienne Pieczonka, Bayreuth and Met soprano (for special contributor members).