Number 202: July 2011 - Wagner Society of England

Number 202: July 2011
EDITOR’S NOTE
Ensemble: “a community working with shared values and aims”. Not a definition
which you will find in any dictionary but just one which I have coined whilst reflecting
upon the general state of affairs with which we are left as Malcolm Rivers hands over the
Chair to Jeremy Rowe.
In his valedictory statement to the AGM Malcolm Rivers spoke of the powerfully
synergistic relationships which have now been forged between us, the Music Club of
London and the “performing arm of the Wagner Society”: The Mastersingers Company.
Working in ensemble these groups lent their specialist strengths to the “Living in Exile”
programme at Aldeburgh which was delivered with all the standards of excellence we
have come to expect from Mastersingers productions.
2013 will bring a worldwide festival of Wagner, and we shall be conveyed through
it in the safe hands of those who have proved themselves able to create such wonderful
special events. This is Malcolm Rivers’ contribution to our future: he has made us into a
world-class ensemble.
INSIDE
6 From the retiring Chairman’s address to the Wagner Society AGM
8 News of Young Artists
10 Goodall Academy and Bayreuth Bursary Auditions
12 Mastersingers Aldeburgh Weekend: The Wanderer with James Rutherford
13 Kelvin Lim piano recital
14 Britten and Nolan
15 The Children’s Crusade
16 Dame Anne Evans Masterclass
17 David Edwards: Die Walküre from the Met.
18 Cinema Relay of Die Walküre
20 Tony Palmer on “The Wagner Family” film
23 Pleased to meet you: Peter West
24 Parsifal in Prague
26 Tristan und Isolde in Berlin
27 Parsifal in Barcelona
28 Midsummer Opera’s Wagner Concert
29 News from Bayreuth
30 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Glyndebourne
34 Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera
36 “Diabolical Dynasty”: Review of Tony Palmer’s DVD: “The Wagner Family”
38 Review of the new ENO guide to Parsifal
42 Farewell to Robert Tear
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