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RECENT EVENTS:

"PARSIFAL" AND FRENCH SYMBOLISM

This talk by Marian Burleigh-Motley, PhD and Metropolitan Museum of Art lecturer (retired), featured extensive illustrations, plus songs by Debussy and Wagner performed by Amy Shoremount-Obra (WSNY awardee and recitalist), was streamed via YouTube on Friday June 25. Click here to watch!

Recital by Helena Brown, soprano

Ms. Brown was WSNY’s 2018 Robert Lauch Memorial Fund Awardee, and was an ensemble soloist in the Met's recent production of Porgy and Bess, and has performed throughout the US.

Ms. Brown was accompanied by Bradley Moore, a renowned piano soloist and recital partner. Her program included: an aria from Macbeth, Dvorak songs, Wesendonck Lieder, and songs by the contemporary Black composers B. E. Boykin and Adolphus Hailstork, with the pianist performing a movement from a sonata by Florence Price. 

This exclusive event was recorded lilve at the Liederkranz Foundation, and premiered via YouTube on Sunday May 16, 2021. This event is now on YouTube. Click here to watch!

Maestro Eve Queler and Rienzi

Maestro Queler, guest of honor and founder and director of
Opera Orchestra of New York, conducted Rienzi in New York and Washington, DC from 1980 to 2012. With photos and clips, including Jeremy Brauner (tenor soloist from Stephen Gould's Masterclass) performing "Allmächt'ger Vater" and Mary Ann Stewart (soprano, and 2012 cover for Adriano) performing "Gerechter Gott." Produced and hosted by Scott Carlton, WSNY's Artistic Director of Singers' Programs.
Click here to watch this presentation on YouTube.

PROFESSOR hARLOW rOBINSON

Now available on WSNY's YouTube Channel: click here to view the lecture!

Premiered by WSNY of February 28, 2021, Professor Robinson discussed "The Russian Parisifal?: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and  The Invisible City of Kitezh. He will focus on Wagner's decisive influence on Russian composers, including Rimsky-Korsakov, and especially on Rimsky-Korsakov's 1905 opera: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia. The presentation was augmented with audio and visual examples, including several from the 2012 De Nederlandse Opera production of the opera.

Professor Robinson is Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Northeastern University, with a specialty in Russian studies. The presentation will be introduced by Scott Carlton, Artistic Director of WSNY's Singer Programs.

New Year's Concert by Jeffrey Swann

The Wagner Society of New York was pleased to present A New Year's Concert by Jeffrey Swann with works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Wagner (from Tristan, Act II), Sunday, January 10, 3:00 - 4:15 pm EST. This event is now on YouTube: click here to watch!

The event was hosted by F. Peter Phillips, WSNY Secretary, and presented via Zoom. Jeffrey Swann is an internationally renowned pianist and Wagner scholar. In addition to his superb pianism, his stimulating commentary enhances his performances: an ideal way to begin the new year.

MASTERCLASS WITH STEPHEN GOULD NOW ON YOUTUBE

The masterclass with Stephen Gould, presented by the Wagner Society of New York, premiered on Dec. 11, is still available! The video will stream indefinitely on the WSNY YouTube channel, for your pleasure. Click here to watch it!

Stephen Gould, renowned international Heldentenor, coached three rising tenors, all Society awardees or grantees: Jeremy Brauner, Errin Duane Brooks, and Mauricio Trejo, accompanied by Craig Ketter, in six excerpts from the Wagner repertoire. A few comments:

"This was fantastic! Thank you for sharing this wonderful masterclass."
"So wise and smart...one of the finest and most intelligent Wagner singers of our day."
"Such a thrill and so enlightening to see a great singer really dig into the text and the music."

ALEX ROSS IN CONVERSATION WITH hEATH LEES

Thursday, November 19, 2020, from 6:00 to 7:00pm (EST): this event is now available on WSNY's YouTube Channel: Click here to view it!

Our special book offer is still available: Click here to order your copy of Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music for a special WSNY price of $29.99 (includes shipping – domestic only).

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The Metropolitan Opera is streaming from their archives every evening, for which we are very grateful.
Many U.S. companies are offering a wide and imaginative range of streamings and events. Go to company/organization websites for information, and check WSNY's frequent e-blasts for updates.

Also, Wagner (and other societies) and individuals are presenting excellent virtual events. 

We hope and long for the day when we will again be able to enjoy live performances. Streaming helps but is no substitute for the wonderful performers, orchestras, tech, and adminstrative support our institutions are capable of providing.