DAY |
MONTH |
TOPIC |
LECTURER |
18 |
July |
The Operas of Ottorino Respighi
|
Murray Dahm
|
25 |
July |
Bach's
Mass in B Minor
|
Dr Robert Forgacs |
1 |
August
|
The Devil's Best Songs: Boito's
Mefistophele & Buson's Doktor Faustus
|
Prof Michael Halliwell |
8 |
August |
Operas inspired by the work of Sir Walter Scott -Part I
|
Murray Dahm |
15
|
August |
Operas inspired by the work of Sir Walter Scott -Part II |
Murray Dahm |
22
|
August |
In-house Opera Presentation - Richard Strauss:
Arabella
|
Maire Glacken
|
29 |
August |
Il Bacio di Tosca and Sara Scuderi
|
David Whitehouse |
5
|
September
|
Richard Strauss and Hugo Von Hofmannstahl: A great composer-librettist combination
|
Prof Colin Mackerras
|
12
|
September |
Bellini:
Norma |
Dr Hannah Mondry |
19 |
September |
Verdi's search for "the truth": Musical means employed to explore human nature
|
Dr Hannah Mondry |
26
|
September |
Bohuslav Martinu: Stateless, great composer and his Greek myth opera
Ariane
|
John Pringle AM
|
3
|
October |
LABOUR DAY |
No Meeting |
10
|
October |
Ravel: L'Heure Espagnole |
Ross Hayes |
17 |
October |
The Two Joans - Sutherland and Carden
|
Victoria Watson
|
24 |
October |
Opera in the Golden Age and the art of Bel Canto
|
Christina Henson
|
31 |
October
|
Charpentier:
Medee (Pinchgut Opera)
|
Genevieve Lang
|
7
|
November |
A discovery: French opera you have never heard
|
Dr David Schwartz |
14 |
November |
Show and Tell |
Northside Members |
21
|
November |
The search for a new voice: The choral works of Anton Bruckner
|
Dr Neil McEwan AM
|
28 |
November |
END OF YEAR CONCERT followed by Lunch at the Greengate
|
Murray and Rae Dahm
|
Lectures resume Monday 6 February 2023 |
PATRON: JOHN PRINGLE AM |
PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR: WENDY HAMLIN |