September 30, 2018, Sunday 2:30pm
Mezzo-soprano Victoria Livengood presents “An Afternoon with the Divine Dixie Diva”.
Venue: SearStone, 17001 SearStone Drive, Cary, NC 27513
Cost: Free for TWS members, $25 donation for guests
Co-sponsors: Margie Satinsky and Nancy Vanhoenacker
October 28, 2018, Sunday 2pm
Nick Malinowski, Executive Director of KidzNotes and former Director of Education for the Seattle Opera, will present “So viel der Helden: Wagner Invents a Tenor”.
Venue: Private home in Chapel Hill
Cost: TBD
Sponsors: Cindy and Andy Palay and Bill Hampton
November 17, 2018, Saturday 10am – 4pm
Saul Lilienstein will present several lectures on Wagner in the 1840s.
Venue: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, 3313 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607
Cost: Free for TWS members, $40 donation for guests (can be applied to 2019 membership). Optional lunch.
Sponsor: Richard Sarles, MD.
January 20, 2019, Saturday 1pm – 4pm
Musicologist and pianist, Jeffrey Swann, will present a lecture and demonstration on The Ring Cycle: How the Music Works.
Venue: SearStone, 17001 SearStone Drive, Cary, NC 27513
Cost: TBD
Sponsor: Jane Lynch
February 3, 2019, Sunday, 2pm – 3:30pm
Recital by Local Artist Jason Karn accompanied by pianist David Heid, “Wagner, Verdi and Liszt: Contemporaries of Composition with a Divergence in Design”.
Venue: Nelson Music Room on Duke East Campus
Cost: Free for TWS members and guests
April 14, 2019, Sunday 2pm
James Holman, President, The Wagner Society of Washington DC, lectures on “Wagner and Religion: Salvation and Redemption.”
Venue: The Forest at Duke, 2701 Pickett Road, Durham, NC 27705
Cost: TBD
Sponsors: Nancy and Phil Hablutzel