Achievements to date:
1 Semi-staged performances at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester, both with orchestra, of Das Rheingold in March 1998 and Die Walküre in January 1999.
2 Open rehearsals of both performances held in London.
3 Semi-staged production with piano of The Valkyrie at the Newbury Arts Festival in May 1999.
4 Concert of 'Wagner's Women' featuring Rosalind Plowright at St John's Smith Square in March 2000.
5 Study Day and staged performance with piano of Act Three of Siegfried at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, in September 2000.
6 'Tristan Workshop' with Susan Bullock at the Conway Hall in November 2001.
7 Concert performances with piano of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre in December 2000, October 2001 and November 2002.
8 Rita Hunter Prize for Sopranos at the Wigmore Hall in April 2002.
9 Events for the Wagner Society's 50th Anniversary Gala (first half) at the Royal Academy of Music in May 2003:
  -  Celebrity Panel Discussion on Wagner Today, chaired by Mike Ashman
      with Professor John Deathridge, John Tomlinson, Lionel Friend, Keith Warner
  -  Wotan's Journey, a recital by John Tomlinson of Wotan's music from the Ring, accompanied by Lionel Friend
  -  Male Wagner Singer Prize
  -  Celebrity Recital accompanied by Lionel Friend
      with Malcolm Rivers, Anne Collins, Stephen O'Mara, Susan Bullock, Neil Howlett, Dame Anne Evans
10 Open orchestral rehearsals of Das Rheingold with The Rehearsal Orchestra at the Grey Coat Hospital School in October 2003.
11 Events for the Wagner Society's 50th Anniversary Gala (second half) at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2003:
  -  Dame Gwyneth Jones Masterclass at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2003.
  -  Staged performance with piano of Das Rheingold scenes 1 & 4 at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2003.
  -  Female Wagner Singer Prize at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2003.
12 Concert of Wagner's songs and a portrait in text and song of the relationship between Wagner and Berlioz, at the Royal Academy of Music in September 2004.
13 Open orchestral rehearsals of Die Walküre with The Rehearsal Orchestra at the Grey Coat Hospital School in October 2004.
14 Staged performance with piano of Die Walküre Act III at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2004.
15 Young Artists' Concert at the Swedenborg Hall in June 2005.
16 In association with Palace Opera at the Childwickbury Arts Fair in June 2005:
  -  staged performance with piano of Parsifal Act II
  -  concert of Wesendonck Lieder with extracts from Wagner's letters and writings
17 Open orchestral rehearsals of Siegfried Act III with The Rehearsal Orchestra at the Grey Coat Hospital School in October 2005.
18 Staged performance with piano of Siegfried Act III at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2005.
19 Weekend event - 'Wagner, Britten and the sea' - exploring links between Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer and Britten's Peter Grimes at the Jubilee Hall and Cinema, Aldeburgh, Suffolk in May 2006.*
20 Concert for Finalists of the Seattle Wagner Competition at St. Luke's in August 2006. (Two of the participants subsequently won the competition)
21 Open orchestral rehearsals of extracts from Götterdämmerung with The Rehearsal Orchestra at the Grey Coat Hospital School in October 2006.*
22 Staged performance with piano of extracts from Götterdämmerung at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2006.*
23 Concert of extracts from Das Liebesverbot at the Royal Academy of Music in December 2006.
24 'Crime and Punishment' weekend at Presteigne in September 2007 - two days of concerts and multimedia presentations at the Assembly Rooms and the Judge's Lodging Museum.
25 'Breaking the Ring' as part of the ROH 'Wagner Day' at the ROH Linbury Theatre in October 2007.
26 Parsifal Act II with The Rehearsal Orchestra at the Grey Coat Hospital School in October 2007.*
27 'Wagner's Gods' at the ROH Linbury Theatre in October 2007.*
* Images also available on the website of The Wagner Society of the UK

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