Below you will find details of metings in Dunedin over the course of
the year. If you need further information about any of our meetings
please contact the Dunedin meeting co-ordinator, details of which can
be found on the Contact
page.
2025 MEETINGS
Sunday, 2 March at 2:00 pm
Ground Floor Seminar Room
192 Castle College
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Richard Wagner and the Spirit of Greek Tragedy
Terence Dennis and Scott Bezett discuss Wagner’s deep inspiration from Classical Greek Drama; how this profoundly influenced his ideas of a new aesthetic for opera, its place in contempA monumental Italian/French/German production about King Ludwig II of Bavaria, directed by Luchino Visconti, and introduced by Terence Dennis.
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Sunday, 27 April at 11:00 am
Viewing Room
192 Castle College
(luncheon provided)
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DVD Screening - Parsifal
After last year’s presentation on Wagner’s final opera by international guest speaker, Anthony Ernst, we follow this with a complete viewing of Wagner’s great fin-de-siècle masterpiece: Wolfgang Wagner’s production for the 1988 Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli, with Poul Elming (Parsifal), Hans Sotin (Gurnemanz), Linda Watson (Kundry), Falk Struckman (Amfortas) and Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Klingsor). |
Sunday, 29 June at 2:00 pm
Viewing Room
192 Castle College |
Götterdämmerung – The Twilight of the Gods
Terence Dennis discusses Götterdämmerung, the climactic fourth opera of Der Ring des Nibelungen, before our forthcoming winter viewing. |
Sunday, 6 July at 11:00 am
Viewing Room
192 Castle College
(luncheon provided)
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DVD Screening -
Götterdämmerung
We complete our winter viewing sessions of the 1976 Centenary Ring from Bayreuth with Götterdämmerung (as filmed in 1979), the fourth and final opera of the tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen, in the acclaimed production of Patrice Chéreau. Introduced by Terence Dennis
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September (date TBC), at 2:00 pm
Ground Floor Seminar Room
192 Castle College
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Wagner and Beyond
Terence Dennis discusses the influence of Wagner’s music and aesthetics from his time to our own. Including music from Richard Strauss’ Die ägyptische Helena and Capriccio, and Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane.
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Date and venue TBC
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2025 Christmas Luncheon & Wagneriana
Join us for our annual endof-year luncheon and special contributions from the world of Wagner. This year, Terence Dennis discusses Wagner and Gaspare Spontini. |
