Brian Coghlan Memorial Lecture: The Great Conductors of Bayreuth – From Richard Wagner to Christian Thielemann
Speaker: Dr Luke Dolman For this year’s Brian Coghlan Memorial Lecture, Adelaide-based conductor and teacher Luke Dollman, has chosen to talk about “The Great Conductors of Bayreuth” (a topic that was…
Lola Montez- an Operatic Story
ABOUT What makes the perfect opera? Disguises, love, adultery, deception, beauty, Kings, composers, intrigue and of course- death. The Lola Montez story has all of these and more, and she…
Wagner/Maazel der Ring Ohne Worte – Nicholas Braithwaite
This is a free event. Save the date! As a prelude to Spellbound, join Nicholas Braithwaite at the Grainger Studio where he will talk about: Wagner/Maazel der Ring Ohne Worte:…
Death in Venice
Richard Wagner’s death in the Palazzo Vendramin (Ca’ Vendramin Calergi) in Venice on 13 February 1883 made world news. A group of Society members, led by Warwick Cooper, have organised…
Christmas with Hansel and Gretel
The composer Engelbert Humperdinck worked with Richard Wagner, famously writing a few extra bars for Parsifal until the stage machinery could be fitted in with Wagner’s original score. Otherwise, he…
The Lighter Side of Wagner
On this afternoon members are invited to see and listen to some different aspects and uses of Richard Wagner’s works and music. We’ll be starting with a very condensed version…
Rhapsody of Bohemians
Master of Ceremonies Ewart Shaw, Eisteddfod Adjudicator Brian Gilbertson and Eisteddfod Vocal Convener Ian Vayne will present Adelaide’s finest young singers in an afternoon of High Tea, fun, performances, quizzes and games. Sunday 2pm July…
Heroic Horns
The Adelaide Horn Jam and The Richard Wagner Society of South Australia present a short concert of Wagner excerpts in the Grainger Studio. The Adelaide Horn Jam, a talented group…
Thomas Quinlan and the All Red Ring: Australia 1913
Brian Coghlan Memorial Lecture (June 2018) This talk looks at late 19th and early 20th century productions of Wagnerian opera in Australia, chiefly in Melbourne. English entrepreneur Thomas Quinlan (1881-1951)…
Wagner and Liszt – Personal, Artistic and National Relationships
Ammiel Bushakevitz, a renowned pianist as soloist, chamber musician and vocal accompanist, and the recipient of many awards including the 2013 Richard Wagner Centennial Prize by the Richard Wagner Association of Leipzig,…
Dr Peter Bassett will speak on his Thesis Topic.
Playing with Fire: The pursuit of a Wagner Performance tradition in Adelaide in the decade 1995- 2005 and factors impeding its realisation. The Adelaide Wagner Decade 1995-2005. Peter Bassett was…
Deborah Humble presents the Wagner Wesendonck Lieder and the Brahms Zigeunerlieder
About the Artists Deborah HumbleMezzo-Soprano Deborah Humble is one of Australia’s best known and most successful opera singers. After gaining a Bachelor of Music from the University of Adelaide and a Masters…
Brian Coghlan Lecture 2021
Grand Opera, the Parisian Spectacular. The Brian Coghlan Lecture 2021. August 9 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm ACST $20 Presented by Adelaide Musicologist, Dr James Koehne. Summary: “As the Parisian bourgeois class rode…
Russian Wagnerism
For the first event of the year, the Richard Wagner Society of S. Aust. welcomes back an Honorary Member, the Russian/Australian pianist Konstantin Shamray. Many members would have met Konstantin…
