Retrospective of the 2002-2003 Season
Retrospective of the 2001-2002 Season
Retrospective of the 2000-2001 Season
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Retrospective of the 2002-2003 Season Retrospective of the 2001-2002 Season Retrospective of the 2000-2001 Season |
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BAYREUTH LECTURES—2003
IN
ENGLISH
Jeffrey
L. Buller
LECTURER
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August
20 |
Das
Rheingold |
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August
21 |
Die
Walküre |
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August
23 |
Siegfried |
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August
25 |
Götterdämmerung |
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August
26 |
Lohengrin |
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August
27 |
Der
fliegende Holländer |
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August
28 |
Tannhäuser |
Time:
10:30–Noon
Place:
Festspielrestaurant, Festspielhügel, Bayreuth
Cost:
€10 per lecture
Lectures
include musical examples. A question-and-answer period concludes each
session. Advance reading of the
libretto is encouraged.
Jeffrey
L. Buller, Ph.D., a professor of classical studies and now dean of Mary
Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, is a nationally recognized authority
on classical literature and its influence on opera. He is the author of the
acclaimed Classically Romantic: Classical Form and Meaning in Wagner’s
Ring (“a must for serious students of the Ring”—Wagner Notes).
A noted lecturer and a star speaker at the Society’s 1999 Ring Seminar, he
has authored many articles, essays, and reviews relating to classicism and
music.
The Society is grateful to the Festspielrestaurant and to the Gesellschaft der Freunde von Bayreuth for their cooperation with this lecture series, now in its nineteenth year.
Wagner
Society of New York
P.O.
Box 230949, Ansonia Station
New
York, NY 10023–0949, U.S.A.
Phone:
212/749–4561
Fax: 212/749–1542
E-mail: WagnerRing@aol.com
OTHER EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED. CHECK THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
September 17: Discussion of the March-April 2002 Berlin Festtage by
attendees, with slides.
October 11: Multimedia program commemorating heldentenor Jess Thomas; Maestro
James Levine, honorary chairman. Victor Thomas, host; participants: Luana
DeVol, Mignon Dunn, and Martin Bernheimer. Slides, recorded excerpts, photo
displays.
October 23: Maestro Leon Botstein: “Mahler and Opera” in the context of Die
drei Pintos by Weber/Mahler.
December 13: Professor Hans Rudolf Vaget: “The Great Survivor: Richard
Strauss in the Course of Time.”
January 5: Holiday Musicale. Soloists: Jennifer Roderer, mezzo, and Patrick
Marques, tenor.
January 9: Conversation with Otto Schenk, director of Wagner operas at the Met.
January 18: New York Philharmonic: Wagner and Strauss program (Jane Eaglen,
soloist). Group attendance.
February 16: “Discovering Siegfried Wagner.” Multimedia symposium on his
life, operas, and other compositions. Participants: Xavier Nicolás and Dr.
Peter P. Pachl; premiere of documentary film by Jordi Nin on his life and works.
March 18: Ward Marston, restoration producer: “Reclaiming the
Heritage.” Featuring the newly restored 1936 Teatro Colón performance of Parsifal.
April 6: Parsifal Seminar. Speakers: Professor William Kindermann,
Assistant Professor Katherine Syer, Associate Professor Peggy McCracken, Alan
Wagner, and Joe Pearce. Met Cast Roundtable: Violeta Urmana, René Pape, Falk
Struckmann, and Eric Halfvarson. Video and audio excerpts.
April 22: Professors Boris Gasparov and Hans Rudolf Vaget: Lectures and
discussion on “Between Music and Autobiography: On the Meaning of ‘Holy
German Art’ in Die Meistersinger.”
May 23: Richard Wagner's 190th Birthday Party.
Retrospective
of 2001-2002 season
September 13: Overview of NYC Opera’s new production of Der fliegende Holländer. Discussion and performance of excerpts by cast members and associate conductor. Host: Cori Ellison.
September 21: Group attendance at performance of NYC Opera’s Der fliegende Holländer; reception for member attendees.
October 4: Interview and reception for Katarina Dalayman, Met mezzo, during her performance of Wozzeck at the Met. Host: Lew Grenville.
November 18: Symposium on Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Speaker Iain Scott. Roundtable discussion with cast members Jill Grove, Wolfgang Brendel, and Eike Wilm Schulte. Host: Robert Sweeney. Screening of complete Act III of Deutsche Oper Berlin production.
December 12: Professor Rolf Sternberg. Lecture: “The Convergence of Fantasy and Geography in Wagner.”
January 7: Anton Seidl Award Program and Presentation to Birgit Nilsson (in absentia) and Jon Vickers (in person). Audio highlights (presented by Joe Pearce) and video excerpts, interview with Mr. Vickers, presentation of scrolls and Met performance histories. Host: Lew Grenville.
January 15: Recital by Eike Wilm Schulte, Met baritone; Carrie-Ann Matheson, pianist. For special contributor members.
February: Group attendance at concert performance of NY Philharmonic's Tristan und Isolde.
March 6: Longborough Festival Opera and its Mini-Ring. Talk with slides by Martin Graham, founder/director.
April 19: Jeffrey Buller Lecture, “Was Wagner’s Ring a Classic …or a Romantic Work?”
May 14: Wagner Birthday Recital and Gala Reception, featuring WSNY grant winners and international artists.
June 14: 25th
Anniversary Celebration, and reception; gourmet dinner; Tannhäuser Overture, danced by Jeanne
Bresciani; highlights of a quarter century; Wagner quizzes.
August: Bayreuth Festival lecture series; Jeffrey Swann, world-renowned pianist, musicologist, and lecturer.
Retrospective of the 2000-2001 Season
September: The New Bayreuth Ring: Slides of the new production and a panel discussion. Participants included Verena Kossodo, Richard Lynn, Smithgall, and Peter Phillips (moderator).
October: Jonathan Lewsey, British writer and lecturer. (Author of Who’sWho and What’s What in Wagner; forthcoming: Who’s Who and What’s What in Verdi and Wagner Perspectives.) "Wagner's Quest for the Grail."
December: Seminar on Der Fliegende Holländer. 21st in the Society’s annual series. Speakers: Professors Simon Williams, Robert Bailey, Mark Anderson; Erick Neher, Joe Pearce. Roundtable Discussion: Roland Wagenführer (Erik in the 2000 Metropolitan Opera Production of Der Fliegende Holländer).
January: Holiday Musicale, featuring Amanda Mace, soprano, in her New York recital debut; Thomas Bagwell, pianist.
February: Xavier Nicolás, President, Asociación Wagner de Barcelona. Discussion of the history of Wagner in Spain and survey of the career and opera sets (for the Gran Teatro del Liceo) of Mestres Cabanes, with slides.
March: Speight Jenkins: The 2001 Seattle Ring. Talk with slides and tapes.
April: Reception and interview in honor of Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano VIOLETA URMANA. Host: Robert J. Sweeney. Translator: Verena Kossodo.
May: Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Met Debut of Soprano Lucine Amara. Recital by Ms. Amara, followed by Interview and Reception. Pianist: Thomas Bagwell Host: Lew Grenville.
June:
Prof. Alessandra Comini (Southern Methodist
University): "The Visual Wagner: Environments, Icons, and Images." A slide-illustrated
lecture.
Retrospective of the 1999-2000 Season
September: "Perspectives on the Amsterdam Ring."
October: Interview with Inge Borkh, soprano (Met, 1958-71) and Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano (Met, 1944-67). Host: Lew Grenville.
November:Tristan und Isolde Seminar. Speakers: Professors Arthur Groos, Carolyn Abbate, Henry Hall Peyton, III, Patricia Sloane; Joe Pearce. Roundtable Discussion: Richard Paul Fink and René Pape (Kurwenal and King Marke, respectively, in the 1999 Metropolitan Opera Production of Tristan und Isolde).
November: Question and answer Session, followed by reception for Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner.
December: Helen Traubel: A Centenary Celebration. Presenters: Geoffrey S. Riggs and Alfred Hubay; distinguished guests: Jerome Hines, Alex B. Williamson. Discussion with slides and musical examples.
January: Holiday Musicale, featuring Marjorie Elinor Dix, soprano, and Eugenie Grunewald, mezzo-soprano, accompanied by Thomas Bagwell. Works by Mozart, Mahler, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner (Elsa/Ortrud scene from Lohengrin).
January: Jeannie Williams, author of recently-published biography of Jon Vickers: discussion of Mr. vickers, with recorded examples; book signing.
March: Prof. John L. DiGaetani on Carlo Gozzi’s La Donna Serpente and Suzanne M. Lodato, Ph.D. on Richard Wagner’s Die Feen. With recorded musical illustrations.
April/May: 2000 Met Ring—Related Events
Hospitality Suites. Four days during the 2nd and 3rd cycles, prior to performances.April 24: Das Rheingold Dinner.
April 26: Lecture by Jonathan Khuner, coach and prompter for Bayreuth and San Francisco Rings and for Met Die Walküre. "Unsung, Unseen, and Unheard."
April 28: Rhine Journey on the Hudson. Four-hour dinner cruise around New York harbor.
May 1: Das Rheingold Dinner.
May 6: Lecture-recital and luncheon: Jeffrey Swann, concert pianist and Wagner scholar. Title: "Telling It Like It Is: Exploring Narrations in the Ring."
May:
Professor Henri-Louis de La Grange,
author of prize-winning Mahler biography, on "Mahler: Disciple and Champion
of Wagner" with slide illustrations. A co-presentation with the Mahler
Society.
August:
Bayreuth Festival lecture series;
Prof. Simon Williams, lecturer.
Retrospective of the 1998-1999 Season
September: Joseph Horowitz: Report on the August 1998 Bayreuth Symposium "Wagner and the Jews," and a repeat of his Symposium talk "Wagner and the American Jew."
October: Christopher Rouse: Discussion with musical examples of his composition "Der Gerettete Alberich: Fantasy for Solo Percussion and Orchestra."
October: Eike Wilm Schulte (Herald in the Metropolitan Opera production of Lohengrin): Interview and performance, co-sponsored with German House.
December: John Grande, Chief Music Librarian, Metropolitan Opera: "The Met Library: Behind the Scenes."
January: NJ Symphony Orchestra: Ring Festival Concerts. Group attendance at January 8, 15, and 24 concerts.
January: Ring Seminar. Speakers: Professors Jenny Jochens, Robert Bailey and Jeffrey Buller; Erich Neher and Geoffrey Riggs. Performers' Roundtable: Maestro Zdenek Macal and Clayton Brainerd.
February: Joseph Smith, Lecturer, Pianist, Musicologist. "Wagnerian? Weberian! Sources of Wagner’s Style in Weber’s Euryanthe." Assisted by Judith Donham, soprano; Madeleine Kristoffersson, soprano; and Duncan Hartman, baritone.
March: Prof. Boris Gasparov (Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University). "Musorgsky’s Khovanshchina: A Musical Drama, Russian Style." Musical examples.
March: Theater party: Band in Berlin, the story of the comedian harmonists, performed by the Hudson Shad.
April: 7:30 pm. Prof. Lydia Goehr (Department of Philosophy, Columbia University). "Wagner and the Quest for the Autonomous Musical Voice."
May:
7:30
pm. Wagner Birthday Musicale: Adrienne Dugger, soprano,
Emile Fath, baritone.