Past Events
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
Lecture – David B. Levy, PhD: Teaching the Ring
November 14, 2017, Tuesday 7:30pm
David B. Levy, PhD, Professor of Music, Wake Forest University, lecture on Teaching the Ring.
Venue: The Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, 27517
Cost: Free for members, $15 donation for guests
Recital – Le Chant Wagnérien
October 17, 2017, Tuesday 7:30pm
Live performance, Le Chant Wagnérien, by soprano Andrea Edith Moore, baritone Ryan de Ryck, and pianist Daniel Schlosberg
Venue: First Presbyterian Church in Durham
Cost: Free for members, $15 donation for guests
Lecture – Bryan Gilliam, PhD: The Influence of Wagner on Strauss
September 19, 2017, Tuesday 7:30pm
Bryan Gilliam, PhD, Professor of Music and Germanic Languages and Bass Fellow in the Duke Department of Music, lecture on The Influence of Wagner on Strauss.
Venue: SearStone (Winston Clubhouse Ballroom) in Cary
Cost: Free for members, $15 donation for guests
Lecture – Jay Hunter Morris: What It’s Like to Sing a Six Hour Opera
September 15, 2017, Friday, 7:30pm
Tenor Jay Hunter Morris informal talk on What It’s Like to Sing a Six Hour Opera followed by Q & A.
Venue: Private home in Chapel Hill. Directions provided when you reserve your spot (email Margie Satinsky or call 919-383-5998).
Free for members only.
Read a review of the event on Opera Lively.