Past Events
Lecture – The Early Wagner Conductors: Their Legacy and Recordings
November 2, 2019, Saturday – NEW DATE
William Henry Curry lecture on The Early WagnerConductors: Their Legacy and Recordings.
Eric Mitchko talk on Siegfried
October 29, 2019, Tuesday
Eric Mitchko talk on Siegfried prior to NC Opera performance of Act III on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Co-sponsored by Quail Ridge Books, Triangle Wagner Society, and WCPE.
Brunch and Lecture – Turandot and Manon
October 12 and October 26, 2019, Saturdays
Brunch and lecture prior to Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performances of Turandot and Manon.
Lecture – The Recorded Hero: Interpreters of the Young Siegfried on Disc
October 13, 2019, Sunday
Eric Mitchko lecture on The Recorded Hero: Interpreters of the Young Siegfried on Disc.
Lecture – Tannhauser: Sources and Symbolism
September 15, 2019, Sunday
Susan Dakin lecture on Tannhauser: Sources and Symbolism.
Lecture – Wagner, Technology, and Environment
June 9, 2019, Sunday
Will Berger, producer and author, lecture on Wagner, Technology, and Environment.
Will Berger — Excerpts from Wagner, Technology, and Environment.
Lecture – Tristan und Isolde: Hearing the Light and Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Wagner Goes for Baroque
May 18, 2019, Saturday 10am – 2:30pm
Half-Day Program David B. Levy, PhD, Professor of Music, Wake Forest University, lectures on Tristan und Isolde: Hearing the Light and Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Wagner Goes for Baroque.
Lecture – Wagner and Religion: Salvation and Redemption
April 14, 2019, Sunday 2pm
James Holman, Chairman, The Wagner Society of Washington DC, lecture on Wagner and Religion: Salvation and Redemption.
James Holman — Excerpts from Wagner and Religion: Salvation and Redemption.
Brunch and Lecture – Die Walkure
March 30, 2019, Saturday, 10:30am – 11:30am
In collaboration with Silverspot Cinema in Chapel Hill, lecture by Margie Satinsky prior to the Live in HD performance at noon.
Recital – Wagner, Verdi and Liszt: Contemporaries of Composition with a Divergence in Design
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.