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Wagnerian Techniques in Film Scores: Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings

National Opera Center 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

In his decades-long career as a musician, Doug Adams has remained in-demand as a performer, a composer/arranger, an author, and a lecturer.  He was selected by Howard Shore to observe and document his work on The Lord of the Rings films – a score performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, eventually exceeding 13 hours, and consistently cited as one of the best film scores ever written.

Free – $15.00

Seminar: Die Frau ohne Schatten

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., Third Floor, New York, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

This is the Society’s annual “deep dive” into a Wagner-related work currently in the repertory of the Metropolitan Opera.  This year we will visit a work that many regard as Richard Strauss’s masterpiece: Die Frau ohne Schatten.  Speakers include Prof. Bryan Gilliam of Duke University, Prof. Larry Wolff of New York University, and our very popular Singers’ Roundtable featuring members of the cast of the Met production.  Critic and lecturer David Shengold will return as our Moderator.

Free – $200.00

A View from the Prompter’s Box with Craig Rutenberg

National Opera Center 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Former Head of Music Staff at the Metropolitan Opera, Craig Rutenberg explains what a prompter does, what preparation prompters undergo in a particular production, and how a good prompter can rescue performers from disaster. He will also discuss the various responsibilities of the music staff at the Met — from rehearsal pianist to diction coach to assistant conductor to prompter.

Free – $15.00

Bayreuth Talk: Soprano Catherine Foster

Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Thursday, 22 August we welcome soprano Catherine Foster, who will be singing Brünnhilde in Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung in the Ring Cycle at this year's festival. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

Free – $20.00

Bayreuth Talk: Bass Tobias Kehrer

Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Wednesday, 21 August we welcome bass Tobias Kehrer, who will be performing Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried and Titurel in Parsifal. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

Free – $20.00

Bayreuth Talk: Bass-Baritone Nicholas Brownlee

Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Tuesday, 20 August we welcome bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee, who will be performing Donner in Das Rheingold. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

Free – $20.00

Bayreuth Talk: Conductor Simone Young

Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Monday, 19 August we welcome conductor Simone Young, who will be conducting the Ring Cycle at this year's festival. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

Free – $20.00

Special Contributors Reception with Oksana Lyniv

A private reception in honor of Maestra Oksana Lyniv. Oksana Lyniv was the first woman to conduct at the Bayreuth Festival when she led Der fliegende Holländer in 2021, a work she will conduct again at this summer’s Festival. She was in New York to conduct Puccini’s Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera Feb. 28 - […]

Free

Talk with Metropolitan Opera Concertmaster David Chan

National Opera Center 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Description: Our guest speaker, Maestro David Chan, in his 24th season as concertmaster of New York's Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, which performs almost daily under a constantly changing series of conductors.  Mr. Chan discussed those challenges, as well as his experiences as an orchestral conductor in the United States and in Europe. Mr. Chan is a […]

Free – $15.00

Maestro Thomas Guggeis on Conducting Wagner

National Opera Center 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Maestro Thomas Guggeis shared his insights into the challenges of conducting the Ring in Berlin and Der fliegende Holländer at the Metropolitan Opera, with particular emphasis on the influence of bel canto tradition in Wagner’s vocal writing. Thomas Guggeis created an international stir in March 2018 when he was tapped to take over a highly […]

Tenors Clay Hilley and Issachah Savage

Description: Wagner Society grantees Clay Hilley and Issachah Savage recently recorded a thrilling interview with Society Singers Program Director Scott Carlton, and was videocast to WSNY members. For many years, the Society has been honored to support careers of young Wagnerians who have subsequently built major careers. Hilley and Savage are among the most recent and […]

Talk with Stefan Vinke

3 West Club 3 W51st. St., New York, United States

Interview with heldentenor Stefan Vinke, Aegisth in Elektra, Siegfried in the 2019 Met Ring.