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 - […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Interview with heldentenor Stefan Vinke, Aegisth in Elektra, Siegfried in the 2019 Met Ring.
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.
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.
Alex Ross in conversation with Prof. Heath Lees (in New Zealand) on Ross' recent book.
Francesca Zambello and Die Feen, with cast members and production team scheduled for The Glimmerglass Festival.
Eve Queler on Conducting Wagner, with booksigning of her memoir A View from the Podium.
Interview and reception in honor of Piotr Beczala, tenor.
Francesca Zambello, director of San Francisco Ring: “Shining the Ring: Revisiting It as a Director”; with Maestro Donald Runnicles, conductor of the Ring.