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).
Conversation with Anja Silja and Eva Wagner-Pasquier. In collaboration with George London Foundation.
Reception for Adrienne Pieczonka, Bayreuth and Met soprano (for special contributor members).
Holiday Musicale: Julia Rolwing (soprano) and Jeffrey Springer (tenor), WSNY endowed fund grantees; Lloyd Arriola, pianist.
Prof. Hans Rudolf Vaget (Smith College): “The Importance of Ernest Newman.”
Dr. Sven Friedrich (Bayreuth archivist): “The Honorable Lady, An Appraisal of Cosima Wagner.”
“Die Meistersinger (Bayreuth); Kirov Ring (New York).” Panel discussion and visuals.
Bayreuth English-Language Lecture Series. 2007 lecturer: Jeffrey Swann, Ph.D.
“The Kirov Ring in Context.”—Panel of presentations by scholars and specialists. Moderator: Catharine Nepomnyashchy. Speakers: Lynn Garafola, Joe Pearce, Maya Pritsker, and Ellen Scaruffi. Co-presentation of WSNY and Harriman Institute.
“The Influence of Wagner on Russian and Soviet Art”—Lecture with slide presentation by Marian Burleigh-Motley.
Das Rheingold dinner.
Hospitality Suites: reception and boutique of Wagner-related books and Wagneriana.