Society Events

Details of future Society events appear below.

1.00 – 5.00pm: SEMINAR on Tristan und Isolde by Dr Antony Ernst
No DVD first

Willoughby Uniting Church, 10 Clanwilliam Street, Willoughby

12.30pm: DVD: Wagner – a Genius in Exile
2.00pm: Brickbats and Bouquets - Bayreuth 2018
presented by members who received tickets from the Wagner Society
and attended the Bayreuth Festival

Goethe Institut, 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra

1.00 – 5.00pm: SEMINAR: 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' by Dr David Larkin
No DVD first

Goethe Institut, 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra

2.00pm: Concert by outstanding young artists supported by the Wagner Society
followed by Christmas Party
No DVD first

St Columba Uniting Church, 53a Ocean Street, Woollahra

Details of Society events from 2016 to the present appear below.

12.30pm: DVD: Wagner’s Jews
2.00pm: Presentation by Professor Michael Ewans 
4.00pm: Wagner’s birthday champagne celebration 

2.00pm: Annual General Meeting - members only
2.30pm: Concert of young singers supported by the Wagner Society

12.30pm: DVD: 'Das Liebesverbot', Act 2
2.00pm: Presentation by Suzanne Chaundy 

12:30pm: DVD: Das Liebesverbot, Act 1
2.00pm: An afternoon with Sir John Tomlinson

2.00pm: Concert by artists supported by Wagner Society
followed by Christmas Party

Our Wagner Society was delighted to help fund Australian soprano, Samantha Crawford, for coaching in London with iconic Wagnerian soprano, Dame Anne Evans. Samantha was invited to sing with a tranche of Aussie and NZ singers at a Tait Memorial Trust concert in London alongside Sydney Heldentenor, Stuart Skelton. 

2.00pm: Brickbats and Bouquets for Bayreuth 2017 (and 2016),
by members who received tickets from the Wagner Society 
and attended the Bayreuth Festival

2.00pm: Presentation by Luke Gabbedy and Tanja Binggeli

A fascinating talk was given by baritone Luke Gabbedy and Tanja Binggeli on learning a difficult role in a language you don't speak.

1.00pm: Seminar by Dr Antony Ernst 

1.00pm: Seminar by Dr David Larkin

Wagner Society members were well prepared for the opera, with a seminar given by Dr David Larkin at the Goethe Institut on the afternoon of 30 July. We had an audience of 92, of whom 73 were members. David spoke for 4 hours, with a 30-minute break for refreshments in the middle.

2.00pm: Presentation by Barbara Brady
followed by Wagner's birthday champagne celebration

12.30pm: Magic Fire, 1955 film of the life of Wagner with his music arranged by Erich Korngold - Part 2

12.30pm: Magic Fire – 1955 film of the life of composer Richard Wagner
with Wagner’s music arranged by Erich Korngold - Part 1
2.00pm: Presentation by Dr Rosamund Bartlett

2.00pm: Presentation by Dr Graham Bruce

2:00pm: Concert by Jessica Harper, accompanied by the pianist Bradley Gilchrist
followed by Christmas Party

2.00pm: Presentation by Dr David Larkin

6:00pm: Presentation by Roger Neill

Roger played excerpts of a number of different sopranos singing Wagner, and had a dialogue with us, the audience, about each singer, first asking us to identify her and then discussing her career.

2.00pm, 6 August 2016, part 1 of seminar by Dr Antony Ernst
10.00am, 7 August 2017, part 2 of seminar by Dr Antony Ernst

12.30pm: DVD: Anna Russell’s “analysis” of The Ring Cycle
2.00pm: Presentation by Andrew Ford

2.00pm: Concert
followed by Wagner's birthday champagne celebration

In keeping with a Wagner Society in NSW tradition, we were entertained at the annual celebration of Richard Wagner’s birthday by two singers whom the Society had sponsored in previous years.

12.30pm: DVD: Visconti's 'Ludvig', Part 3
2.00pm: Annual General Meeting - members only
followed by presentation by Trevor Clark

Photo, Trevor Clark (courtesy Mailis Wakeham)

12.30pm: DVD: Visconti's 'Ludvig', Part 2
2.00pm: Presentation by Dr Rosamund Bartlett

Photo: Dr Rosamund Bartlett (courtesy Mailis Wakeham)

12.30pm: DVD: Visconti's 'Ludvig', Part 1
2.00pm: Presentation by Peter Bassett