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KONGRESS 2008
The 2008 Richard Wagner Verband International Kongress will be held in Geneva from Thursday 1 May to Sunday 4 May.
Information can be found on the Kongress website: http://www.congresrichardwagner2008.ch/
Bookings are being handled by
SST Voyages SA
Case Postale 3685
CH 1211 Genève 3
Switzerland
telephone: (French/English): 00 41 848 886 883
e-mail: wagner2008@sstvoyages.com
The programme (subject to change) that has been announced is:
Thursday 1 May
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15.00 |
Opening of the Kongress Presentation of the Horst Stein award to Michael Hofstetter Lecture by Georges Schürch, president of the Richard Wagner Society Geneva: ‘The influence of the Swiss Mountains in Richard Wagner’s work’. (In French with simultaneous translation in English and German.) |
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17.30 |
Concert given by the Quatuor Terpsycordes Works by Richard Wagner and Paul Hindemith |
Friday 2 May
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10.00 |
Lecture by Chrstian Merlin ‘Adolphe Appia and Richard Wagner’s Work’ (In French). |
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19.00 |
Premiere of a new production of Lohengrin at the Grand Théâtre de Genève conductor Klaus Weise, director Daniel Slater with Georg Zeppenfeld (Heinrich), Christopher Ventris (Lohengrin), Soile Isokoski (Elsa), Jukka Rasilainen (Telramund), Petra Lang (Ortrud) & Detief Roth (Herald). |
Saturday 3 May
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10.00 |
Repeat of the lecture by Christian Merlin (in German) |
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18.00 |
Concert in the Cathédrale Saint Pierre with the Ensemble Elyma, conductor Gabriel Garrido Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin |
Sunday 4 May
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11.00 |
Concert in the Victoria Hall with the Chamber Orchestra Geneva and the Orchestra Pays de Savoie with Michael König (tenor) and the male chorus of the Geneva Opera conducted by Gleb Skvortsov Richard Wagner: Faust Overture, Johannes Brahms: Rinaldo, cantata for tenor solo and male chorus (op.50) |
International Richard Wagner Congress and Wagner Society Geneva
Georges Schürch
President
Rue de-Beaumont 14
1206 Genève
Switzerland
Tél et fax: +41 (0)22 310 18 91
Email : georges.schurch@bluewin.ch
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International Association Richard Wagner Josef Lienhart President Sonnhalde 123 79104 Freiburg Germany Tél. + 49 761 537 56 et fax. + 49 761 202 45 04 Ingrid Budde President of the International Commission Altenhofer Str. 111 42719 Solingen - Weyer Germany Tél. +49 212 31 87 44 et fax +49 212 31 50 32 |
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