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Some Wagner Society events between 1981 & 2017

1980: The Print Room - the gallery run by Richard King & Murray Smith - was the official address for the Wagner Society for many years, & the venue for the initial meeting in 1980 & for many AGMs & functions [photo, Leona Geeves].

1981: Wagner Society President Dr Leonard Hansen introducing guest speaker & Society Patron Sir Charles Mackerras, 16/10/1981 [photo, Richard King].

1981: Dr Leonard Hansen & Sir Charles Mackerras, 16/10/1981 [photo, Richard King].

1983: Dr Leonard Hansen & Australian Wagnerian tenor Ken Neate at a WS reception at the Print Room, 16/6/1983 [photo, Richard King].

1983: Dr Leonard Hansen with Maestro Carlo Fellice Cillario who spoke to the WS at the Print Room, 17/10/1983: [photo, Richard King].

1985: Werner Baer MBE accompanied Rita Hunter on the piano, & performed a transcription of ‘Happy birthday for Richard’ at the Society's Annual Dinner, 24/5/1985 [photo, Richard King].

1988: From left, John Wegner (Nightwatchman) & Paul Frey (Walter), two members of the cast of 'Meistersinger' who attended the champagne reception following the seminar, 11/9/1988 [photo, Richard King]

1988: From left, internationally renowned bass-baritone Sir Donald McIntyre with members Lady Galleghan & Richard King at a WS reception at the Print Room [photo, Richard King].

1980s: From left, members Josephine ?, Dr Leonard Hansen [President], Mary Watts, Michel Arnould & Leona Geeves at an early Annual Dinner [photo, Leona Geeves].

1980s: From left, members Joseph & Judy Ferfoglia, Sarah Handley & Ira Kowalski at a Society meeting at the Goethe Institut [photo, Leona Geeves].

2000: Early members at the WS's 20th Anniversary. Back: Ruth Bridges, Clare Hennessy, Jim Leigh & Margaret Hennessy. Front: Betty & Reg Maloney, 15/10/2000.

2000: Betty Maloney cuts the Society's 20th Anniversary cake, made by Barbara Brady, 15/10/2000

2002: Painting by Elizabeth Gordon-Werner of Antony Ernst speaking on 'Rienzi', 20/10/2002

2005: Justice Jane Matthews, Antony Ernst & Jessica Pratt, 20/02/2005

2005: Deborah Polaski was interviewed by Miriam Gordon-Stewart, 7/08/2005

2011: Recital by James Roser, accompanied by Andrew Greene, 7/08/11.

2011: Recital by Emma Moore, accompanied by Andrew Greene, 7/08/11.

2011: Recital by Rebecca Hilder, accompanied by Andrew Greene, 18/09/11.

2012: Recital by Lisa Harper-Brown & Stephen Mould, 20/05/2012.

2012: Our patron Simone Young, Francis Merson & President Jane Mathews, 18/08/2012

2012: a capacity audience of 160 members & friends met Simone Young AO, 18/08/2012.

2012: Pauline Holgerson, Jane Mathews (President) & Renate Junker with Simone Young at afternoon tea, 12/08/2012.

2012: In Conversation with Deborah Humble, 17/06/2012.

2012: Lisa Harper-Brown, Louise Scott [piano] & Warwick Fyfe at the end of year recital, 11/11/2012.

2013: At the opening night of the opera 'Climbing towards Midnight' which was sponsored by the Wagner Society: (L-R) Louis Garrick [Artistic director, Sydney Chamber Opera], Lucinda-Mikravata (Kundry), Mitchell Riley (Parsifal), Jack Symonds (Composer), Netta Yaschin (Director) & President Jane Mathews, 15/04/2013.

2013: Her Excellency Marie Bashir AC CVO (WS member) opened the Wagnerlicht Exhibition, organised by Mike Day (WS member) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 22/05/2013, which was attended by a number of members.

2013: A member of the Wagner Society with Her Excellency Marie Bashir AC CVO (WS member) at the opening of the Wagnerlicht Exhibition, 22/05/2013.

2013: The cake made by member Barbara Brady for the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birthday at an annual dinner at the Royal Automobile Club, 22/05/2013 (photo, Barbara Brady)

2014: Capacity audience for 'The 2013 Melbourne Ring Cycle from the Inside', 2/02/2014.

2014: WS concert 'Wagner & Beyond' at Mosman Art Gallery with (L-R) Michael Curtain, Catherine Bouchier, David Greco, Gigi Daniel, Emilie Lemasson & Matthew Reardon, 4/05/14.

2014: Recital by Bradley Gilchrist, Chris Richardson & Matthew Reardon, 25/05/2014.

2014: ‘Behind and below the stage' by Mamie Sebire, Wagner tuba, Melbourne Ring Orchestra & Roger Press, Assistant Director, Melbourne Ring Cycle, 20/07/2014.

2014: Harbour City Opera's Masterclass, sponsored by the WS & organised by Leona Geeves, with David Aronson & Sylvia Greenberg at Paddington United Church, 28/07/2014. With David Corcoran, Sarah Walker, Mylinda Joyce, Sitiveni Talei, Adrian Tamburini & Robert Beasley.

2014: Bill Brooks & Pauline Holgerson with Anke Höppner recital who gave a recital accompanied by David Miller, 9/11/2014.

2015: Before the concert of Wagner & Strauss by recipients of various Wagner awards - German, eisteddfod & Lisa Gasteen National Opera School: (L-R) Mylinda Joyce, Tania Ferris, Leona Geeves (Wagner Society) & Robert Beasley, 19/04/2015

2015: Concert of Wagner & Strauss by recipients of various Wagner awards: Mylinda Joyce, Tania Ferris, Robert Beasley & Chris Cartner, 19/04/2015

2015: Esteban Insausti, one of the speakers at the session about recent Wagner performances, wth Vice-President Leona Geeves, Tim Green & Agnes Brejzek, 24/05/2015

2015: Dr Carolyn Watson spoke about her career & Carlos Kleiber’s 'Tristan and Isolde', & Leona Geeves, 9/08/2015.

2015: The Melbourne Ring: Looking back by Neil Armfield, director, with Colleen Chesterman and Jane Mathews, 11/10/2015.

2015: WS Christmas Concert with Michael Curtain & Laura Scandizzo, 22/11/2015.

2015: WS Christmas concert with Mikey Curtain, Jane Mathews (President), Soonki Park, Laura Scandizzo & Jennifer Bonner, 22/11/2015.

2015: L-R, Soonki Park, accompanist Mikey Curtain, Jennifer Bonner & Laura Scandizzo, 22/11/2015.

2016: Trevor Clark (L) [lecturer on Wagner & the Arts, & from the Wagner Society of Victoria] who gave a presentation on 'Richard Wagner & the Visual Arts', with member Malcolm Pearse, 17/04/2016 (photo, Mailis Wakeham)

2016: 'After Wagner' by Andrew Ford, 19/06/2016.

2016: Leona Geeves [Vice-President], Ayse Goknur Shanal, [soprano for the recital at the Bach to the Future seminar] & Antony Ernst, presenter of the seminar at the Sydney, 6-7 August 2016 (photo, Mailis Wakeham)

2016: Antony Ernst, presenter for the 'Bach to the future' seminar with John Meyer, President, WA Wagner Society, 7/08/2016 (photo, Mailis Wakeham)

2016: 'Australian Singers of Wagner: The Known & Unknown' by Roger Neill, 20/09/2016.

2016: Dr David Larkin with Colleen Chesterman following his talk on 'Music of the Future? Liszt, Wagner & the Audiences of the Day' 16/10/16.

2016: Jessica Harper at the end of year concert by artists supported by the Wagner Society, 30/10/16.

2016: Jessica Harper & Bradley Gilchrist, 30/10/16.

2017: Talk on Joachim Herz's production of 'Der fliegende Holländer' by Dr Graham Bruce, 5/02/17.

2017: President, the Hon Jane Mathews AO, presenting Brangayne wine to Dr Graham Bruce, 5/02/17.

2017: Talk on Russian Wagnerians in the 20th & 21st Centuries by Dr Rosamund Bartlett, 12/03/17.

2017: The Wagner Society Committee at work.

2017: President, the Hon Jane Mathews AO, giving her last president's report at the AGM, 2/04/17.

2017: WS concert with (L-R) Adam Player, Laura Scandizzo, Daniel Macey & Jonathan Wilson with Leona Geeves, 2/04/2017.

2017: Talk on 'Wagner and the Fairies' by Barbara Brady, 21/05/22.

2017: At the Joint WSNSW / Pacific Opera Masterclass by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Weiss, 1 July 2017. L-R: Benjamin Burton (pianist) who replaced Christina Wright at short notice, Angela Hogan, Damian Arnold, Claire Chehade-James, Stephanie Weiss, Victoria Hodgkinson, Laura Scandizzo & Alex Sefton.

2017: Pianist Benjamin Burton, soprano Laura Scandizzo & Stephanie Weiss, at the Joint WSNSW / Pacific Opera Masterclass by Stephanie Weiss, 1 July 2017.

2017: At the Joint WSNSW / Pacific Opera Masterclass by Stephanie Weiss (pictured), 1 July 2017.

2017: 'Behind the Scenes at the 2016 Melbourne Ring' by Tanja Binggeli & Luke Gabbedy, 3/09/2017.

2017: New President Colleen Chesterman, Tanja Binggeli, Luke Gabbedy & Leona Geeves (Vice-President), 3/09/2017.

2017: Samantha Crawford & Leona Geeves (WS Vice-President), 19/10/2017.

2017: Rebecca Moret & Francis Greep at the Christmas Concert, 19/11/2017.

2017: Sitiveni Talei & Francis Greep at the Christmas Concert, 19/11/2017.

2017: Laura Scandizzo & Francis Greep at the Christmas Concert, 19/11/2017.

2017: Laura Scandizzo, Francis Greep, Sitiveni Talei & Rebecca Moret, 19/11/2017.

2017: Dr David Larkin at the piano during his seminar presentation on Wagner’s 'Parsifal', 30/07/2017.

2017: Eleanor Greenwood, Warwick Fyfe, Bradley Gilchrist (accompanist) - with Leona Geeves (Vice-President) - after performing an extract from Act 2 of 'Parsifal' at the 'Parsifal' seminar, 30/07/2017.

2017: At the 'Lohengrin' Seminar, L-R, June Donsworth, Margaret Whealy, Antony Ernst (Speaker) & Colleen Chesterman (President), 13/08/2017.

2017: Elizabeth Murphy spoke at the 'Brickbats & Bouquets' session on Bayreuth 2017, 8/10/2017.

2017: Michael Day was host for the 'Brickbats & Bouquets' session on Bayreuth 2017, 8/10/2017.

2017: Robert French, with Florian Hammerbacher, at the 'Brickbats & Bouquets' session on Bayreuth 2017, 8/10/2017.

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