Past Events
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.
Lecture and Demonstration with Musicologist and Pianist Jeffrey Swann
January 20, 2019, Sunday 1pm – 4pm
Musicologist and pianist, Jeffrey Swann, lecture and demonstration on The Ring Cycle: How the Music Works.
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 lectures on Wagner in the 1840s: Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, and Lohengrin.
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, leture on So viel der Helden: Wagner Invents a Tenor.
Lecture and Song – Mezzo-soprano Victoria Livengood
September 30, 2018, Sunday 2:30pm
Mezzo-soprano Victoria Livengood lecture on “An Afternoon with the Divine Dixie Diva”.
Lecture – Susan Dakin, PhD: How the Ring Became a Cycle (and Revolutionized Opera)
May 20, 2018, Sunday 2pm
Susan Dakin, PhD, lecture on How the Ring Became a Cycle (and Revolutionized Opera).
Lecture – Bob Chapman: Wagner and Hitler: Houston Stewart Chamberlain, The Missing Link
April 22, 2018, Sunday 2pm
Bob Chapman lecture on Wagner and Hitler: Houston Stewart Chamberlain, The Missing Link.
Concert – Contralto Martha Anderson
March 3, 2018, Saturday 8pm
Special recital featuring Contralto Martha Anderson accompanied by pianist David Heid. Ms. Anderson sang selections from Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, Das Rheingold and Gotterdamerung, from Ponchielli’s La Gioconda and from Mahler’s Second Symphony.