Hungarian Opera—Past and Present
Highlighting the visit of the Hungarian State Opera and National Ballet.
Highlighting the visit of the Hungarian State Opera and National Ballet.
Presentations by members.
Annual business meeting, book sale, screening of excerpts from Centenary Tribute.
Centenary Tribute to Birgit Nilsson: Ken Benson, host.
Special Contributors Reception: presentation of Anton Seidl Award to Mignon Dunn, mezzo-soprano.
Exclusive Screening of a 90-minute documentary: “Birgit Nilsson – A League of Her Own.”
Talk with Thomas S. Grey
Annual Seminar: Parsifal. Speakers: William Kinderman, Katherine Syer, Sarah Kay, Jeffrey Swann. Met Cast Roundtable: Evelyn Herlitzius, Peter Mattei, and Evgeny Nikitin. Moderator: F. Peter Phillips.
Vocal showcase: Parsifal, with commentary, joint event with Met Opera Guild. WSNY grantees: Leah Crowne, Mauricio Trejo, John Dominick III.
Clay Hilley, tenor, and Abdiel Vázquez, piano.
Francesca Zambello, director of San Francisco Ring: “Shining the Ring: Revisiting It as a Director”; with Maestro Donald Runnicles, conductor of the Ring.
talk with Mark Berry