Wagner Society in NSW Inc
A Feast Of Wagner Around Australia In 2008 – Featuring Australian Wagnerian Soprano Lisa Gasteen

HOBART
28 February
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, cond.
Lisa Gasteen
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
Tristan und Isolde - Prelude, Act III
Wesendonck Lieder
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6, Pathetique
BRISBANE
29 March
The Queensland Orchestra
Johannes Fritzsch, cond.
Deborah Riedel
Christian Elsner
Philip Kang
Messiaen: Les Offrandes Oubliees
Howard: Gravity's Rainbow (Premiere)
Wagner: Die Walkure Act 1
28, 29 November
The Queensland Orchestra
Muhai Tang, cond.
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg , Prelude Act I
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Top of Form
PERTH
7, 8 March (Gala opening to WASO's 2008 season)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Asher Fisch, cond.
Lisa Gasteen
Harry Peeters
Kirsti Harms
Ledger: The Madness and Death of King Ludwig (Premiere)
Wagner: Gotterdammerung , Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Funeral Music.
Die Walkure , Act III
13, 14 June
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Tadaaki Otaka, cond.
Christianne Stotijn
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture and Venusberg Music
Wesendonck Lieder
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)
ADELAIDE
9 August
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Volmer, cond.
Lisa Gasteen
Wagner: Tannhauser “ Dich, teure Halle …”
Lohengrin , Preludes to Act I and Act 3, and Elsa's Dream
Tristan und Isolde , Prelude and Liebestod
R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Salome , closing scene.
MELBOURNE
25, 28, 30 August
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani, cond.
Bjarni Kristinsson
Lisa Gasteen
Stuart Skelton
John Wegner
Sian Pendry
Adrian Dwyer
Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander
23, 24 November
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras, cond.
Wagner: Tannhauser : Overture and Venusberg Music
Dvorak:  Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22
Delius:  The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Elgar:  'Enigma' Variations, Op.36

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