Past Events

2008 Events
2008 Mar 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, Apr 2nd, 5th, 7th,and 10th
Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts,
Washington, DC
For more information, check the web site:
http://www.dc-opera.org/ourseason/dutchman.asp

2007 Events
Sunday, October 21, 2007 -- 2:30 - 4:30 PM
The Washington Wagneropedia Society (Wagneropedia.org)
PRESS RELEASE
Presents "Bayreuth: Past, Present, and Future" with Dr. Sven Friedrich, Director National Richard Wagner Archive and Richard Wagner Museum, Bayreuth

Room A-10 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC

2006 Events
Celebrate Wagner's 193rd Birth Anniversary (May 22) Book Chat and Wagner Birthday Party!
Sunday, May 21, 2006, 2:00 to 6:00 pm
Discussion of Philip Kitcher and Richard Schacht "Finding an Ending: Reflections on Wagner's Ring" (Oxford U Press, 2004).
See this link to learn more about the book. Socializing and celebrating Wagner's birthday with some good (including some rare) recordings followed the discussion.

2005 Events
Parsifal Leitmotives Monday, February 13, 7:00 pm,
at the MLK Library,
901 G Street, NW, Room 221.

We discussed Parsifal Leitmotives, based on a DVD by Jay Galbraith of Los Angeles. Mr. Galbraith is founder of Opera Obscura in Los Angeles, providing free opera education to the Los Angeles public for more than 15 years.

Paul Heise, first presenter The first two Wagner book chats:
October 19, 2005, Wednesday, 6:45 to 8:45 pm. Joachim Köhler; Richard Wagner, The Last Of The Titans. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2004.

November 16, 2005,Wednesday, 6:45 to 8:45 pm. Bryan Magee; The Tristan Chord: Wagner And Philosophy (1st American ed.). New York NY: Metropolitan Books, 2001.

For more information call Janice Rosen, President, at (202) 460-0023.

Programs are free and the public is welcome.