A CONCERT WITH VALDA WILSON, EUGENE RAGGIO & KATHERINE DAY
FOLLOWED BY WAGNER’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
2.00pm: Concert with soprano Valda Wilson,
bass baritone Eugene Raggio & pianist Katherine Day,
in a program of Wagner and Strauss,
followed by Wagner’s birthday celebration
Venue: the Goethe Institut, Event Hall (upstairs),
90 Ocean Street (cnr Jersey Road), Woollahra
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Our members are lovers of the music and operas of Richard Wagner and also support Wagnerian productions in Australia and emerging Wagnerian performers from NSW.
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Celebration of the Wagner Society NSW's 40th anniversary |
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The Wagner Society NSW's 40th anniversary |
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The Bicentenary of Wagner’s birth |
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Celebration of the Wagner Society NSW's 20th Anniversary |
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The Wagner Society in NSW established as an unincorporated association. |
9.30am: Seminar on Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg held in the Goethe Insitut
Speakers:
- Dennis Hennig, musician-academic (Conservatorium of Music): Analysis of the opera
- Dr Ken Moulden (Department of Germanic Studies, Sydney University): Analysis of the libretto
- Brian Taylor (Department of Germanic Studies, Sydney University): Historical mastersingers
- Sir Charles Mackerras: The opera’s demands on a musician and how he would be approaching conducting the opera.