(Edgar Baitzel, Maximillian Schell and Paul Fryer at the screening of Der Rosenkavalier at the Laemmle Music Theatre, Los Angeles, 2004.)
Conference Papers, Lectures, Screening Presentations etc.
Royal Musical Association, New College Oxford, March 1998 – “The Opera Singer on Silent Film”.
National Film Theatre, Introductory lecture for screening of Goldwyn`s “Thais”, September 1998.
Graduate Seminar, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, March 1999 – lecture/presentation- “Enrico Caruso – Media Star”.
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia – Faculty of Film Studies, April 1999 – lecture/presentation – “Enrico Caruso – Media Star”.
Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Florida Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 1999 – paper – “Enrico Caruso, The Reluctant Movie Star”.
Library of Congress, Washington DC, Pickford Theatre, March 2000 – Lecture Presentation, “Caruso on Film”.
Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Chicago, March 2000 – paper – “The Operatic Biopic”.
State Museum of Theatre and Music/Chaliapin Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia – Lecture Presentation – “Chaliapin on Film”. April 2001.
Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Washington DC – panel chair – “Cinema the unifying factor”. May 2001.
Library of Congress, Washington DC, Pickford Theatre – Lecture Presentation – “Chaliapin on Film”. May 2001.
Wagner Society of Washington/Library of Congress, Washington DC, Pickford Theatre – Lecture Presentation – “Wagner and the Cinema”. May 2001.
Library of Congress, Washington DC, Pickford Theatre – Lecture Presentation – “Farrar is Carmen”. March 2002.
Buxton Opera Festival – Lecture Screening – “Chaliapin and Ivan the Terrible”. July 2002.
Library of Congress, Washington DC, Pickford Theatre – Lecture Presentation – “The Girl of the Golden West”. March 2003.
Academy of Vocal Arts/Philadelphia Opera Guild – Lecture Screening – “Chaliapin and Ivan the Terrible” March 2003.
Wagner Society of Northern California – Lecture – “Wagner and the Early Cinema”. April 2003.
San Jose Opera Guild – Lecture Screening – “Chaliapin and Ivan the Terrible” April 2003.
Los Angeles Opera Guild – Lecture – “The Opera Singer and the Silent Screen” April 2003.
University of Pennsylvania (Dept of Slavic Studies) – Lecture on Feodor Chaliapin and the making of Ivan the Terrible, March 2003.
Buxton Opera Festival, Lecture/screening, “Enrico Caruso, The Reluctant Movie Star” July 2003.
Buxton Opera Festival, Lecture/screening, “Der Rosenkavalier”, July 2004.
Wagner Society of N. California (University of California), “The Life of Richard Wagner” (lecture/presentation on the silent film). November 2004.
Emeritus College/Diablo Valley College – “Lina Cavalieri – The most beautiful woman in the world”. November 2004.
George Washington University/Wagner Society of Washington DC, “The Life of Richard Wagner”, November 2004.
Academy of Vocal Arts/Philadelphia Opera Club, “Lina Cavalieri – The most beautiful woman in the world”. November 2004.
Library of Congress, Washington DC, Pickford Theatre, “Der Rosenkavalier” (lecture/screening) November 2004.
Laemmle Music Theatre, Los Angeles/Los Angeles Opera Guild, “Der Rosenkavalier” (lecture/screening) February 2005.
Scandinavian Institute, New York/Wagner Society of NYC, “The Life of Richard Wagner” (lecture/screening), February 2005.
Parr Lecture Theatre (Boston Public Library)/Wagner Society of Boston, “The Life of Richard Wagner” (lecture/screening), February 2005.
Buxton Opera Festival, Lecture/screening, “The Life of Richard Wagner”, July 2005.
Seattle Opera Company, series of Lecture/screenings, “The Life of Richard Wagner”, as part of the 2005 Ring Cycle, August 2005.
Library of Congress, Washington DC, Pickford Theatre, Lecture/screening, “The Bold Prima Donna: The Life of Hope Hampton”, November 2005.
The Wagner Society of Chicago, Lecture/screening, “The Life of Richard Wagner”, November 2005.
The London Wagner Society, Lecture/Screening, “The Life of Richard Wagner”, March 2006.
Buxton Opera Festival, Lecture/screening, “Farrar is Carmen”, June 2006.
Canadian Opera, Lecture/screenings, “The Life of Richard Wagner” and “Wagner on Film” – as part of the inaugural Ring cycle at the Four Seasons Opera House, Toronto, 2006.
Buxton Festival, Lecture/screening, “Gish and Gilbert in La Boheme”, June 2007.
“Wagner and Cinema”, guest speaker for weekend event at University of Cincinnati, June 2009 (panel member for discussion session and lecture screening of “The Life of Richard Wagner”.)
TYA Conference, University of Westminster, July 2010: “Training for TYA: Recognising and Meeting the need”, panel chair, and chair for session of papers.
Technologies of Transmediality, University of Bristol, January 2011: “Opera and Silent Film”
Fine Arts Lecture Series, University of Regina, Canada, March 2012: “Opera, The Singer and the Silent Film”.
Pushkin House, London, January 2014, “Chaliapin and Ivan the Terrible”.
Professorial Lecture 2017, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance: “The Opera Singer and the Silent Film (or, It all changed in 1926)”.
University of Malta, January 2019, “Eleonora Duse: Recording the Performance”
With Professor Anatoly Smeliansky, Joely Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave at the opening of the Stanislavski on Stage
exhibition, National Theatre London, April 2008.
