Wagner: On the Road to Tristan - A Musical Lecture with Dr. Stephen Brown

Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts,
Washington, DC
For more information, check the web site:
http://www.dc-opera.org/ourseason/dutchman.asp

The Washington Wagneropedia Society (Wagneropedia.org) Presents
"Bayreuth: Past, Present, and Future" with
Dr. Sven Friedrich, Director National Richard Wagner Archive and Richard Wagner Museum, Bayreuth
Room A-10 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC

Celebrate Wagner's 193rd Birth Anniversary (May 22) Book Chat and Wagner Birthday Party!
Discussion of Philip Kitcher and Richard Schacht's "Finding an Ending: Reflections on Wagner's Ring" (Oxford U Press, 2004).
See this link to learn more about the book. Socializing and celebrating Wagner's birthday with some good (including some rare) recordings following the discussion.

Parsifal Leitmotives presented by the Washington Wagneropedia Society (Wagneropedia.org)
at the MLK Library,
901 G Street, NW, Room 221.
Diiscussion of Parsifal Leitmotives, based on a DVD by Jay Galbraith of Los Angeles. Mr. Galbraith is founder of Opera Obscura in Los Angeles, providing free opera education to the Los Angeles public for more than 15 years.

Paul Heise, first presenter The first two Wagner book chats:
 Joachim Köhler; Richard Wagner, The Last Of The Titans. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2004.

Bryan Magee; The Tristan Chord: Wagner And Philosophy (1st American ed.). New York NY: Metropolitan Books, 2001.