The Wagner Society of Washington, D.C.

 

Die Walküre Opening Night at The Washington Opera

Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 6:30 P.M.

 

By special arrangement with The Washington Opera, The Wagner Society of Washington, D.C. is pleased to offer tickets to its Members and friends for this special opening and to the cast party after the performance.  Members and friends are invited to apply early in order to secure the best locations in the block of seats the Society has been able to secure. 

 

All seats are in the “upper tier prime” section of the DAR Constitution Hall and are available from the Society for $118 each.  In support of The Washington Opera’s presentation of Wagner’s music in our community, the Society has waived its usual ticket handling charge for this event.  The evening performance has a stellar cast headed by Plácido Domingo in the role of Siegmund.  For more cast and production details, see The Washington Opera’s website at www.dc-opera.org.

 

To reserve, apply no later than October 1 by:  (1) Completing the form below and mailing it with your personal check or credit card information to The Wagner Society of Washington, D.C., P.O. Box 33051, Washington, D.C. 20033; or (2) Faxing the form with your credit card information to the Society at 301.907.8671; or (3) Ordering these tickets with your credit card information online at the Society’s website at www.wagner-dc.org.  Tickets will be mailed to you around October 15th.

 

TICKET REQUEST

Name________________________________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone number ______/____________

Numbers of tickets requested at $118 each____.   Total $_____.

 

Credit card information.

Check one o VISA  o MC   Number _____________________________________  Expiration date ________

Name on credit card ________________________  Signature _______________________________________

 

OPENING NIGHT CAST PARTY.  As a special privilege to The Wagner Society, The Washington Opera invites all the Society’s Members and their friends to a festive black tie seated supper following the opening night performance at the Organization of American States Building at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.  Tickets for this very special event are $250, of which $100 is tax deductible as a charitable contribution to The Washington Opera.  To request tickets to the opening night cast party, call the Society at 301.907.2600 by October 15, 2003.

 

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED.  PLEASE HELP!  The Opera has graciously agreed for the Society to distribute information at every performance of Die Walküre.  Volunteers are needed to answer questions.  The dates, all for November evenings except two, are the 3rd (a daytime dress rehearsal), 5th, 8th (a matinée), 11th, 14th, 17th, and 20th.  If you would like to help provide information about the Society, please call Betty Byrne at 202.483.4048. 

 

ALSO NEEDED.  A Member is needed to help with financial record keeping, an essential duty that requires several hours of work biweekly.  If you are able to help, please call Eliot Marshall at 202.326.6589.

 

 

 

 

 

RENEWAL AND NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FOR 2003 (January 1 to December 31, 2003)

 

Date __________________

Circle one:  Renewal or New Member or Gift Membership

Name __________________________________ Name (for dual membership)________________________

Home telephone_________________________  Work telephone  __________________________________

Email __________________________________  Facsimile _______________________________________

Street ____________________________ City ____________________ State _____ Zip ________________

 

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY  (Circle one category)

$35, Regular    $45, Dual        $25, Senior or Student or Non-resident

$75, Patron      $150, Donor    $250, Sponsor

$ __________  Additional contribution                                            □ I/We wish to join/contribute anonymously

 

FORM OF PAYMENT (circle one)   My check is enclosed or charge to my credit card:

Visa or Mastercard:  Number _____________________________________________    Exp. _____________

Name on card ________________________________  Signature ___________________________________

(Membership fees are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.)

 

 

MEMBERS’ BOOK AND OTHER PREMIUMS

___ I/We decline premiums.

___ Instead of books, send (circle one) Wagner Society T-shirt or café au lait  cup and saucer.

 

Patron ($75) circle one item:

   Spencer Stewart, Wagner Remembered                                              Brian Magee, Aspects of Wagner

   Fr. M. Owen Lee, Wagner the Terrible Man…                                      William Berger, Wagner without Fear

 

Donor ($150) circle one item:

   Jonathan Lewsey, Who’s Who and What’s What in Wagner                 J.K. Holman, Wagner’s Ring

   Spencer Stewart and Barry Millington, Wagner’s Ring                          Brian Magee, The Tristan Chord

 

Sponsor ($250 or more):  Circle two items above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wagner Society of Washington, D. C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                           P.O. Box 33051                                                                                                

                    Washington, D. C. 20033                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                       

                       www.wagner-dc.org

 

 

 

 

                                                                                            

 

 

 

 

 

Die Walküre Opening Night Performance and Cast Party, November 5