Welcome to the Wagner Society of America
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Welcome to the Wagner Society of America
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highlights from 2005-2006
Events |
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
2006
HOLIDAY PARTY
Chicago Athletic Association
- The Crystal Room
12 S. Michigan Avenue
TIMES: 5:00 PM Social Hour - Appetizers + Cash Bar
5:45 PM Buffet Dinner + THE QUIZ + All sorts of prizes
7:15 PM Program - MARK DELAVAN
Thursday,
November 2nd, 2006
DONALD
ARTHUR
"HAVE
PROTOPLASM/WILL TRAVEL"
[Donald Arthur
with Astrid Varnay]
Union League Club,
65 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago Room 710
Times: 7:00 pm - Reception
7:30 pm - Program
Cost: Free - Reservations not required
Program: DONALD ARTHUR will discuss 'Hans Hotter, Memoirs' which he
translated,
expanded (working with Hotter),and edited. He also worked with Astrid
Varnay
and James King on their autobiographies. Donald, a most entertaining
speaker, has
had an extensive career in opera and in the broadcast media.
Chicago
Athletic Association
12 S. Michigan Avenue
Michigan Room, 3rd floor
Chicago, IL
Sunday,
December 4, 2005
Chicago Athletic Association
– 2nd Floor
12 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Program
Soprano MELANIE TOMASZ
Our own MELANIE TOMASZ, soprano, will sing with and be accompanied by Professor FREDERICK OCKWELL of the Northwestern University School of Music. They have designed an interesting and delightful program of Wagnerian works. Melanie’s most recent stage appearance was as Maria Callas in Terrance McNally’s MASTERCLASS.
Pianist
FREDERICK OCKWELL
Fred accompanied
our holiday program in 2004 as well.
Saturday,
March 26, 2005
DR.
STEVEN MARC WEISS
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Coe College
"More Acting Please! : Putting Drama Back into Music Drama"
Wednesday Ring Dinners
Last spring,
the Wagner Society of America hosted a dinner and program event
each Wednesday evening of the Ring Cycles at Lyric Opera
of Chicago:
Wednesday, March 30th
DR. BERNARD
J. DOBROSKI
John Evans Professor of Music, Northwestern University
How to Conduct Die Walküre
Wednesday,
April 6th
P. CRAIG
RUSSELL
Cartoonist
Visual Solutions for Purely Musical
Moments in the Ring
An audio-visual presentation on 'Visual Solutions
for Purely Musical Moments in the Ring.'
Wednesday,
April 13th
MARILYN
SHIELDS-WILTSIE, Steinway Artist
Recital of Works and Wagner Transcriptions
by Franz Liszt
Thursday,
October 27th, 2005
DONALD CULLOP, Presenter
Documentary on the Life and
Career of Astrid Varnay
Donald Collup's acclaimed documentary
on the life and career of Astrid Varnay
Thursday,
November 3, 2005
PAUL
FRYER - Presenter
The Life of Richard Wagner