Past Events
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.
Venue: Nelson Music Room on Duke East Campus
Cost: Free for TWS members and guests
Lecture and Demonstration with Musicologist and Pianist Jeffrey Swann
January 20, 2019, Sunday 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
Dr. Jeffrey Swann — Excerpts from "Motive Families: How the Music of the Ring is Organized".
Lecture – Saul Lilienstein on Wagner in the 1840s: Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, and Lohengrin
November 17, 2018, Saturday 10am – 4pm
Saul Lilienstein will present three lectures on Wagner in the 1840s: Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, and Lohengrin.
Venue: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, 3313 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607
Cost: Free for TWS members, $40 donation for guests. Optional lunch. The lunch cost for all attendees is $15.
Sponsor: Richard Sarles, MD.
Lecture – So viel der Helden: Wagner Invents a Tenor by Nick Malinowski
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: Free for TWS members and $25/guest
Sponsors: Cindy and Andy Palay and Bill Hampton
Lecture and Song – Mezzo-soprano Victoria Livengood
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
Lecture – Susan Dakin, PhD: How the Ring Became a Cycle (and Revolutionized Opera)
May 20, 2018, Sunday 2pm
Susan Dakin, PhD, will present a lecture on How the Ring Became a Cycle (and Revolutionized Opera).
Venue: Croasdaile Country Club, 3800 Farm Gate Avenue, Durham, 27705
Cost: Free for members, $15 donation for guests
Lecture – Bob Chapman: Wagner and Hitler: Houston Stewart Chamberlain, The Missing Link
April 22, 2018, Sunday 2pm
Bob Chapman will present a lecture on Wagner and Hitler: Houston Stewart Chamberlain, The Missing Link.
Venue: Croasdaile Country Club, 3800 Farm Gate Avenue, Durham, 27705.
Cost: Free for members, $15 donation for guests
Concert – Contralto Martha Anderson
March 3, 2018, Saturday 8pm
The Triangle Wagner Society invites you to a special recital featuring Contralto Martha Anderson accompanied by pianist David Heid. Ms. Anderson will sing selections from Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, Das Rheingold and Gotterdamerung, from Ponchielli’s La Gioconda and from Mahler’s Second Symphony.
Venue: Nelson Music Room, Duke University East Campus
Cost: Free for members and guests
Lecture – James Holman: Tristan and the Delights of Ambiguity
February 11, 2018, Sunday 2-4pm
James Holman, Chairman of The Wagner Society of Washington, DC and author, lecture on Tristan and the Delights of Ambiguity.
Venue: Croasdaile Country Club, 3800 Farm Gate Avenue, Durham, 27705
Cost: Free for members, $15 donation for guests
Seminar – Saul Lilienstein: Discovering in Die Meistersinger: Tradition, Innovation, Craftsmanship and Wisdom
January 6, 2018, Saturday 10am – 4pm
Seminar on Discovering in Die Meistersinger: Tradition, Innovation, Craftsmanship and Wisdom featuring morning lecture, optional lunch, two afternoon lectures, and Q & A by Wagnerian scholar Saul Lilienstein.
Venue: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, 3313 Wade Ave. Raleigh, 27607
Cost: Free for members, $30 donation for guests, lunch optional