|
DAY
|
MONTH
|
TOPIC
|
LECTURER
|
|
4
|
February
|
Alban Berg:
Wozzeck
|
Prof Michael Ewans |
|
11
|
February
|
Wagner's
Parsifal: 'The Sublime One'
|
Dr Peter Bassett
|
|
18
|
February
|
Massenet's
Werther: Opera's suicidal poet |
Dr David Garrett |
|
25
|
February
|
A bug's life in opera: On Kafka's Metmorphosis |
Simon Lobelson |
|
4
|
March
|
Richard Strauss:
Salome
|
Prof Michael Halliwell |
|
11
|
March
|
New Zealand Singers past and present: Part One
Followed by the Annual General Meeting of NOSG |
Murray Dahm |
|
18
|
March
|
New Zealand Singers past and present: Part Two |
Murray Dahm |
|
25
|
March
|
Shostakovich for voice and orchestra |
John Pringle AM
|
|
1
|
April
|
Bach's oratorios for Easter and Ascension
|
Meg Matthews
|
|
8
|
April
|
Gaetano Donizetti:
Anna Bolena
|
Dr David Schwartz |
|
15
|
April
|
Performance preparation and anecdotes
|
Ben Oxley
|
|
22 |
April
|
EASTER MONDAY |
No Meeting
|
|
29
|
April
|
Stories without words: The magic of programme music |
Susan Deas
|
|
6
|
May
|
Handel:
Aggrippina |
Dr Robert Forgacs
|
|
13
|
May
|
Claudio Monteverdi:
The Return of Ulysses
(Pinchgut Opera) |
Liz Neilsen |
|
20 |
May |
Umberto Giordano:
Andrea
Chenier |
Dr David Schwartz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27 |
May |
Gaetano Donizetti:
La Fille du Regiment |
Dr Hannah Mondry |
|
3
|
June
|
Francis Poulenc:
Les Dialogues des Carmelites
|
Simon Lobelson |
|
10
|
June
|
QUEEN'
S BIRTHDAY
|
No Meeting
|
|
17
|
June
|
A new opera by Jimmy Lopez:
Bel Canto
|
Prof Michael Halliwell |
|
24
|
June
|
Wagner and Offenbach |
Dr Peter Bassett |
|
LECTURES RESUME MONDAY 15 JULY 2019
|
|
PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR: WENDY HAMLIN
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