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UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Sunday, June 19, 4:00 pm. Change of performer: recital by Jessica Faselt, Met Opera soprano and WSNY awardee. Live at National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave., New York and via livestream. Faselt was our 2019 Ursula Springer Awardee; she has been the recipient of many prestigious awards and honors, and has sung several roles in Met productions. She will sing Helmwige in the Hollywood Bowl's July 17th Die Walküre, Act III. The online registration link will be available soon on our website. 

 

• Date to be announced: Hans Neuenfels (1914-2022): director of the Bayreuth 2010-1015 ("rats") Lohengrin. Commentary by colleagues, with illustrations and excerpts from his memoirs. Moderator: Scott Carlton (Bayreuth chorus for Neuenfels' Lohengrin). Streamed. Pricing and details to be announced.

 

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RECENT EVENTS:

Interview with Stefan Vinke, heldentenor

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

From Richard I to Richard III: Wagner, Strauss and Questions of Influence: Lecture by John Muller, Juilliard Professor

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:

• Click here for the List of Strauss Operas
• Click here for the Wagner-Strauss Orchestral Comparison

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Recital by Jeffrey Swann, pianist

Sunday, January 30, 3:00 - 4:15 pm EST at Klavierhaus

​​​​ Program :

• Scenes from Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) transcribed by Mr. Swann
• Sonata in B flat major, D.960 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
  • Molto moderato
  • Andante sostenuto
  • Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza
  • Allegro, ma non troppo

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!

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Donald Palumbo: Wagner and the Met Chorus

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.

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Maestro Pappano on Meistersinger

Monday, November 8, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm ET (live and via livestream)

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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