The Wagner Society of
presents
Wagner in der Wildnis, V :
Die Meistersinger
Our 5th Annual
weekend retreat!
(a Members’
only event. Become a Member, if you are
not already!)
A two hour drive from downtown
Background: We arrive at Die Meistersinger this year building
on the success of our four previous Wildnis weekends on Der Ring
des Nibelungen: Das
Rheingold (2001), Die Walküre (2002), Siegfried (2003)
and Götterdämmerung (2004). The objectives of the
weekend are met through a combination of the lecture and discussion sessions in
the comfortable meeting rooms, the collegial conversations in the corridors and
at meal times as well as the walks in the bucolic countryside with the
lecturers and Members.
The
two main presenters -- the
"dream team" for previous Wildnis participants -- are
well known Bayreuth Festival lecturers
and discussion leaders:
· Pianist
Jeffrey Swann will present his prized lecture-demonstrations at the piano
known from previous Wildnis weekends and in
· Professor
Simon Williams of the University of California at Santa Barbara, a veteran of all previous Wildnis weekends,
will present his characteristically insightful lectures on Wagner and drama.
· The famous Saturday night libretto reading
starring talented and willing participating Members will be directed again by Society
Board Member Betty Byrne.
· The Moderator for the weekend will be
Society President
Aurelius
(Aury) Fernandez with the assistance of Board Members and previous Wildnis weekend
participants
Registration Fee: $295 per person (single room); $270 per person
(double room) including the libretto, two nights lodging, breakfast, lunch and
dinner and two evening after hours parties with libations and a special
celebration after the Saturday night libretto reading.
See
reverse side for further detail and registration form.
The Wagner Society of