Contact Tom
Arthur at 202.944.3686 (press)
Aurelius Fernandez at
301.907.2600
WASHINGTON,
DECEMBER 4, 2002. ————
The Wagner Society announces another event in its Year of Die Walküre series, a lecture by the prolific author,
translator, and teacher,
At the George
Washington University, Funger Hall, 2201 G Street, Northwest
In
a program free to Wagner Society members and the public, this noted and much-
published musicologist will lecture using musical and video examples on
Wagner’s much-loved opera, Die Walküre. This provocative lecture will deal with the
theme of secret knowledge in Die
Walküre: what does it mean to
realize or recognize something that was concealed, and how does Wagner play out
this idea both in terms of plot and as a musical device.
Carolyn Abbate teaches music at Princeton
University. Her books include Unsung Voices (1991), which has appeared
recently in French translation (Voix
hors-chant, 2002), and In Search of
Opera (2001). She has written on
music and philosophy, performance, technology, and gender; and on the life and
works of Richard Wagner. Her
translation of Vladimir Jankélévitch’s La
musique et l’ineffable will appear in 2003. She has also translated Jean-Jacques Nattiez’s Sémiologie générale et musicologie (Music and Discourse, 1990). Professor Abbate’s awards include grants
from the Guggenheim foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
She has been a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg
zu Berlin, and a visiting professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and at Harvard University, and also
appears regularly on intermission features of the Metropolitan Opera
broadcasts.
The Wagner Society of Washington, D.C. is a private non-profit organization devoted to the study and enjoyment of Richard Wagner’s art. Its Year of Die Walküre will continue with monthly programs through June. Most events are free to members and the public. The Wagner Society welcomes new members and contributions at any time. Membership forms and much else are available on its Website at www.wagner-dc.org or by calling the Society at 301.907.2600.
The Wagner
Society of Washington, D.C.
P.O. Box 33051 ¦
Washington, D.C. 20033
Telephone 301.907.2600
¦ Facsimile 301.907.8671
www.wagner-dc.org