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THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF DALLAS
2002-2003 Calendar

(All Events Subject to Change and Rescheduling)

SEPTEMBER 15: Recital at the home of Martha Peak

SEPTEMBER 13-15: Fort Worth Symphony will play the Overture to Tannhauser along with music by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky

OCTOBER 3: Dr. Allesandra Comini will give a lecture at SMU on "Madness and Opera - Insanity and Art," followed by a reception hosted by the Wagner Society of Dallas.

OCTOBER 10: Virginia DuPuy will sing the Messiaen Song Cycle Harawi

OCTOBER 25: Der Fliegende Hollander in Atlanta

NOVEMBER 18: Graeme Jenkins, conductor of The Dallas Opera, will talk to the Wagner Society of Dallas about Fidelio and allow us to attend a rehearsal of Fidelio after a buffet dinner at the Music Hall at Fair Park

NOVEMBER 23: Perry Lorenzo of the Seattle Opera will talk about Beethoven and Wagner

NOVEMBER 25: Alain-Pierre Vuilleret will host a dinner party for the cast of Fidelio and the members of The Wagner Society of Dallas at his restaurant L’Áncestral

DECEMBER 6&7 - Die Walkure and Sweeney Todd in Chicago

FEBRUARY 2: Desiree Mays of the Santa Fe Opera will talk about Bryan Magee’s recent book The Tristan Chord

March 26: Remember the event with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Guild Starring Maestro Asher Fisch. Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., 3525 Turtle Creek Blvd. $25. You must reserve by March 20.

March 27, 28, 29, 30, 2003:  If you do not have tickets for the Dallas Symphony Concert conducted by Asher Fisch featuring excerpts from THE RING in the days following the lecture, get some and go.

March 29: Do not forget this year's Dallas Opera Career Development Grant for Singers Competition. Gooch Auditorium. Prelims 12:00, final 7:30. Free, but donate!

March 30: WRR-FM, Sunday at 10:00 pm. WAGNER AT THE CONSOLE. Yes, it is Wagner on the pipe organ. Should be fun. And you should be at home for this.

April 5:  Susan Miller Hult, prompter at the Lyric, the Met and at Bayreuth. Saturday at Ciudad. Invitations will be sent.

April 12: Tune in WRR-FM at 11:00 for 5 and one-half  hours of  the Chevron Texaco Metropolitan Opera Broadcast of Parsifal. Urmana, Domingo, Struckmann, and Pape with Gergiev, not Levine, conducting--and it's still 5 and one-half hours!

May 24: The Wagner Society's Wagner Birthday Party this year will feature Marjorie Owens, winner of last year's Dallas Opera Young Artists' Competition. Saturday.

We still have a few tickets for the Seattle's Parsifal. Asher Fisch will conduct at the opening of the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. This event honors Speight Jenkins' 20 Anniversary with the Seattle Opera.


The Wagner Society of Dallas has monthly meetings and programs which feature recitals, lectures, video screenings, receptions for opera singers and personalities, and trips to Wagner performances in other cities. We welcome music lovers who are already familiar with Wagner’s works as well as those who may want to become more knowledgeable about Wagner’s music. 

 

Welcome to The Wagner Society of Dallas. You know, as Texans, we're bound to strive for being the biggest and best of all the Wagner groups in the world over.

My hope, in addition, is that we ensure your attendance and participation by offering an interesting, stimulating, and enjoyable array of meetings, recitals, and travel. Let us know if you have suggestions for future activities, and do make an effort to join in during the coming months with your membership, attendance, and above all joy of being with fellow Wagner aficionados.

Roger Carroll
President of the Wagner Society of Dallas

The Wagner Society of Dallas - Virginia R. Abdo and Dr. James T. Wheeler,
Co-Founders

The Wagner Society of Dallas is devoted to furthering the enjoyment and appreciation of the music of Richard Wagner. The Dallas group is one of many Wagner Societies all over the world. It is a non-profit organization open to anyone who enjoys the works of Richard Wagner and who would like to participate in the Society’s activities.

The Wagner Society of Dallas has monthly meetings and programs which feature recitals, lectures, video screenings, receptions for opera singers and personalities, and trips to Wagner performances in other cities. We welcome music lovers who are already familiar with Wagner’s works as well as those who may want to become more knowledgeable about Wagner’s music.

Member Benefits include attendance at programs, our newsletter, discount on books and CD’s, advance notice of events and selected ticket services, receipt of the Membership Directory, ticket allotments to Bayreuth, and an active link with fellow Wagnerians throughout the world.

 


The Wagner Society of Dallas

www.WagnerDallas.com

PO Box 25201
Dallas, TX 75225-0201
(214) 363-6070

Virginia R. Abdo and
Dr. James T. Wheeler
Co-Founders

email: WSD@
WagnerDallas.com
  

Digital Photos on this website, unless otherwise noted,
copyright Edward P. Flaspoehler, JR

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THE COLD WAR SOPRANO

Many Wagner Society of Dallas members fondly remember Sheila Jones Harms, who was an active member of the organization, and who presented many interesting programs and recitals over the years.

Now, WSD member Ed Flaspoehler has completed his biography of Sheila, called The Cold War Soprano: Memoirs of a Singer-Spy.

If you are interested in opera and fine singing, Sheila's biography will surely be of interest to you. Not only will you get an inside glimpse of what it takes to become an opera singer, and learn about the world of opera in Post- WWII Vienna, but, because Sheila and her husband Werner, were also CIA agents, you will get a look at the Cold War from a personal point of view.

You can get a copy of Ed's book on the internet at Lulu.com

http://www.lulu.com/content/201274

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