Past Events
Lecture – William Berger: “Challenges of Producing Wagner’s Operas”
April 2, 2017, Sunday 1:30pm
William Berger, author of Wagner without Fear (1998), Verdi with a Vengeance (2000), and Puccini without Excuses (2005), producer and quiz master for Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, presented a members’ only program on Challenges of Producing Wagner’s Operas.
Venue: Private home in Chapel Hill
Lecture – James Holman: “The Use and Misuse of the Music of Richard Wagner in the Movies”
January 25, 2017, Thursday 7pm
James Holman, President of the Wagner Society of Washington, DC and author, presented a program on The Use and Misuse of the Music of Richard Wagner in the Movies.
Venue: Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Lecture – Eric Mitchko: “Tristan und Isolde through the Years”
November 15, 2016, Tuesday 7pm
Eric Mitchko, General Director, NC Opera, presented a program on Tristan und Isolde through the Years. He explored early productions and ways in which different impresarios influenced singing styles. Also featured were clips of performances by outstanding singers.
Venue: Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 7 pm
Lecture – Bryan Gilliam, PhD: “Das Rheingold and other Ring Cycle Operas”
September 13, 2016, Tuesday 7pm
Bryan Gilliam, PhD, Professor of Music and Germanic Languages and Bass Fellow in the Duke University Department of Music presented a lecture on Das Rheingold and other Ring Cycle operas prior to the NC Opera performance.
Venue: Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 7 pm