Our next Stammtisch will be combined with the Oktoberfest celebrations plus some fun with a trivia quiz! It will be held at the German Tivoli club where we had our Christmas event last year.

There is a small charge for this event to cover catering; purchase your own beverages.

You’ve seen him recently as Siegfried, and not long ago singing the titular role in Tannhäuser. We have invited tenor Stefan Vinke to speak with us about his life and career.

This is an online event. A Zoom link to the live interview will be provided to those who have booked. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions to Stefan at the end.

UPDATE: This event has unfortunately been cancelled. Those who booked will be reimbursed. Apologies for this change.

English born Sarah Sweeting began her musical career as a dancer and singer in musical theatre, touring and performing in London’s West End theatres.  

From these early beginnings and after years of performing experience, she eventually entered the world of Wagner.  Her love for this extraordinary musical form led her to sing some of the most challenging Wagnerian roles for a mezzo soprano.  Come and join us to hear Sarah talk about her experiences and her approach to learning and performing these roles with an opportunity of Q and A.

Talk will be followed by refreshments.

Date/time: Sunday, June 16, 2024 4:00pm-6:00pm
Cost: Members $35, Guests $40, Students $25
Venue: Perfomance Space, Library at the Dock
107 Victoria Harbour Promenade Docklands, VIC, 3008 Australia

NOTE: You don’t need to log in to make a booking.
If you have issues booking online, please email us.

The Richard Wagner Society Inc’s annual birthday lunch to celebrate the life of Richard Wagner, in the lovely Yarra Room at the prestigious Melbourne Town Hall. Come join us for an afternoon with fine food, wine and music!

What does it take to stage manage a grand opera like the Ring Cycle?

Anna Frey will present us with a glimpse of her successful career as a stage manager, having wrangled singers, musicians, stagehands and digital sets in the Ring Cycles in Bendigo, Brisbane and in Erl (Austria) in the last few years.

Date/Time: Sunday 28 April 2024, 4:30-6:30pm

Venue: Multipurpose Room 1, Kathleen Syme Centre, 251 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053

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Come and have a fun lunch at the German Club Tivoli to celebrate an early Christmas (to avoid clashing with the Brisbane Ring).  There will be food, drinks, a sing-along and other entertainment.  

Date / time: Sunday 26 November, 12:00pm
Venue: German Club Tivoli, 291 Dandenong Road, Prahran 3181

Join us for this private screening of the new production of Rheingold from the Royal Opera House. Celebrated Australian director Barrie Kosky joins forces with conductor Antonio Pappano in a bold new imagining of the first chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle, a work which boasts some of the greatest music ever written for the opera stage. When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. The outstanding cast includes Christopher Maltman as Wotan, Marina Prudenskaya as Fricka and Christopher Purves as Alberich. This production marks the start of a new Ring cycle for The Royal Opera.

Refreshments will also be served.

On 24 September we will be screening this very interesting documentary followed by refreshments.

Date & time: Sunday 24 September 4pm

Venue: the Performance Space, Library at the Docklands

Global Wagner – From Bayreuth to the World, a film by Axel Brüggemann, is not a biography of Richard Wagner, nor is it a musicological analysis of his work. This is a documentary dedicated solely to the world’s fascination with the man, and an exploration of the question as to how such massive hype and world-wide cult following developed around this highly controversial artist. The film is a revealing feature-length study of life with Wagner’s legacy from one Bayreuth Festival to the next, and we travel the world to meet devoted Wagnerians and those most intimately involved in commenting on and producing his work today.

The Richard Wagner Society Inc’s annual birthday lunch to celebrate the life of Richard Wagner, once again in the Yarra Room at the prestigious Melbourne Town Hall.

An in-person and online event featuring Maestro Anthony Negus and Carmen Jakobi. Maestro Negus is conducting the upcoming Ring Cycle in Bendigo for Melbourne Opera; Carmen is providing invaluable coaching in German for the singers.