English Wagnerian conductor, Maestro Anthony Negus pays a musical tribute to his close friend, the late Honourable Justice Jane Mathews AO, former President of the Wagner Society. Anthony Negus will accompany singers Laura Scandizzo, Eleanor Greenwood, Pamela Andrews, Hamish James and Timothy Nunn in a program of works by Wagner, Weber, Beethoven, and Richard Strauss….
Writer, scholar, translator and lecturer Dr Rosamund Bartlett presents Zigfrid and Bryungilda, a presentation on Russian Wagnerians for the Wagner Society of New South Wales. Rosamund Bartlett has a doctorate from Oxford University on Wagner and Russia. Her most recent books include Tolstoy: A Russian Life and a new translation of Anna Karenina. She has also written a biography of…
Dramaturge and Artistic Administrator for the 2004 Adelaide Ring Peter Bassett, is a regular contributor to Opera Australia’s programs. He has published widely on Wagner’s works, recorded talks on the Ring for Decca, and has lectured in Europe, North America and throughout Australia and New Zealand. For two decades Peter served in the Australian diplomatic service and, since 2001…