Lilienstein Press Release
Press Announcement
For more information, call Thomas Arthur at 202.364.7141 (press) or
Aurelius Fernandez at: 301.907.2600 (other information)
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 9, 2001 ----- The Wagner Society of Washington,
D.C. announces a lecture by a noted musicologist Saul Lilienstein on
Thursday, November 15, 2001, at The George Washington University, Funger
Hall 103, 2201 G Street, Northwest. In a lecture free to Wagner Society
members and to the public, the beloved lecturer will be featured at second
of three fall events of the Society's Year of Die Meistersinger series. Mr.
Lilienstein's lecture is titled Die Meistersinger in Historical Perspective.
It will be at 7:30 P.M.
Mr. Lilienstein, a former student of Leonard Bernstein, is a conductor,
scholar, and producer of opera. He was a choral conductor in Baltimore in
the 1960s. Later, he turned to opera and produced and conducted more than
fifty works as Artistic Director of The Harford Opera Theater and of
Operetta Renaissance. As a professor of music, he has lectured at The Johns
Hopkins School of Continuing Studies, Morgan State University, The Peabody
Conservatory, Essex Community College, and The Maryland Institute. He is a
frequent lecturer for The Washington Opera and has recorded two sets of
commentaries on the works presented by The Washington Opera in 2000-2001
season and the works being presented during the current year. Both sets of
CDs are available from The Washington Opera. He is currently teaching a
course on the Italian comedia del'arte for the Johns Hopkins School of
Continuing Studies, and has just begun lectures on Jewish music in the
United States in a Smithsonian Institution series called "Listening to the
Immigrant."
Mr. Lilienstein is noted for never repeating an opera lecture he has given
before. He develops each of his lectures with a new look at an opera score.
On November 15, he will present a fresh and novel look at this monumental
Wagner masterpiece. It will be the second time for him to address the
Society on Die Meistersinger, his favorite opera.
The Wagner Society of Washington, D.C. is a private non-profit organization
established for the study and enjoyment of Wagner's art. Its Year of Die
Meistersinger has free monthly lectures. In its Evelyn Lear and Thomas
Stewart Emerging Singers Program, it will present five aspiring Wagner
singers in concert on October 19th at the German Embassy. The Wagner
Society welcomes new members. Membership forms are available at
www.wagner-dc.org.
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