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Aegisth in Elektra and Siegfried in the 2019 Met Ring, guest of honor on the Ring cruise.
Now on YouTube! Click here to view. This link will be up for several days after the event.
When: Monday, April 18, 5:00 pm EDT
Where: 3 West Club at 3 West 51st Street, Solarium, 9th floor, New York City
Interview Host: Fred Cohn
Sunday, March 6, 3:00 pm EST
Long-time Juilliard professor John Muller will give an illustrated lecture on the connections between Wagner and Richard Strauss, noting the two upcoming Strauss operas in the Met season: "From Richard I to Richard III: Wagner, Strauss, and Questions of Influence."What about Richard II? Muller tells us: "There is no Richard II, that's the point. There had to be an interregnum after Wagner. This idea goes back to Hans von Bülow, who made the remark about Richard I and III."
This event was presented live at Klavierhaus in New York City and via livestream. Lecture materials:
Sunday, January 30, 3:00 - 4:15 pm EST at Klavierhaus
Jeffrey Swann is a renowned international recitalist. He is also a Wagner scholar: he has given many lectures with piano illustrations and recently gave a superb talk at WSNY's Meistersinger Seminar, which is now on the free WSNY YouTube Channel. He teaches piano at NYU Steinhardt. He recently presented a Beethoven Sonata Series at Bargemusic in Brooklyn and has recorded the complete Beethoven Sonatas.
The recital was presented both live and livestream. Click here to watch the livestream!
Monday, December 13, 2021, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Renowned Met Chorus Master Donald Palumbo, who directed 200 chorus members in the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, gave a talk to the WSNY community. We are privileged that he can share this evening with us. The interview will be hosted by Susan Brodie (reviewer, Classical Voice North America). Holy Trinity is a large, beautiful church located between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, with Byzantine revival architecture and Guastavino tiles. Social distancing is feasible. For this live event, the usual Covid protocols will be observed. A name list will be at the door.
Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Met and Music director of the Royal Opera House, was interviewed by Fred Cohn at this exclusive WSNY event, which took place live at the National Opera Center in New York City. It was also livestreamed.
Photo: Musacchio & Ianniello
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