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SUMMARY:Seminar: Die Frau ohne Schatten
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera \nThis 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.  Join us in a conversation about Richard Strauss’s most richly scored and opulently exotic work\, with a highly symbolic and intellectual libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, a mixture of fairy-tale\, magic\, and Freudian psychology. \nSpeakers include Prof. Bryan Gilliam of Duke University\, Dr. Anna Balas of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute\, 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. \nProgram: \nPDF Download: WSNY Die Frau ohne Schatten Seminar Program \n\n\n\n12:00 p.m.\nWelcome by Chairman John Ryan and Moderator David Shengold\n\n\n12:05 – 12:55 p.m.\nProf. Larry Wolff\, “Die Frau ohne Schatten\, World War One\, and the Departure of Emperors and Empresses”\n\n\n12:55 – 1:15\nbreak\n\n\n1:15 – 2:00 pm\nDr. Anna Balas\, “Shadowless Women: A Psychoanalytic Perspective”\n\n\n2:00 – 2:15 p.m.\nbreak\n\n\n2:15 – 3:00 p.m.\nMet Cast Roundtable: \nMichael Volle (Barak the Dyer)\nLise Lindström (Dyer’s Wife)\nElza van den Heever (Empress)\nJessica Faselt (Voice of the Falcon) \nother cast members TBA \n\n\n\n3:00 – 3:15 p.m.\nbreak\n\n\n3:15 – 4:00 p.m.\nProf. Bryan Gilliam\, “Die Frau ohne Schatten and the Problem of Marriage”\n\n\n\n  \nSpend the day exploring an opera that author Sherrill Hahn Pantle said “stands before the audiences of the last quarter of the twentieth century as the incarnation of a lost innocence and the realization of a lost hope.” \nBooks and other items relating to Strauss and Wagner will be available for sale and refreshments will be served. Continue the conversation over dinner or a drink: for post-event gatherings\, we recommend Bohemian Spirit\, the Czech restaurant located on the first floor of Bohemian National Hall. \nDiscount Tickets: WSNY Members get 15% off the Met’s run of Die Frau ohne Schatten this season – check your email for details. \nLivestream is available; or watch up to 36 hours after the program (midnight Tuesday\, December 10). \nAbout the speakers: \n\n\n\n\nAnna Balas MD is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst for adults and children in private practice on the UES in Manhattan. She is a training and supervising analyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute\, the oldest in the US. She teaches on Normal and Pathological Narcissism and on Psychic Trauma. Dr. Balas is also Associate Professor at the Payne Whitney Division of the Weill Cornell Medical Center. She has an interest in transcultural factors and creativity. She is the author of a chapter entitled “Yearning for Intimacy: Bela Bartok’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” in a volume entitled Opera on the Couch: Music\, Emotional Life and Unconscious Aspects of the Mind\, editors S. Goldberg and L. Rather (Routledge\, 2022). \n\n\nDavid Shengold is a critic and lecturer and resides in New York City. He regularly writes for Opera (with Opera News) as well as Opéra Magazine\, Opernwelt and other publications. He has done program essays for companies including the Metropolitan Opera\, Lyric Opera of Chicago\, Washington National Opera\, Royal Opera House Covent Garden\, and the Wexford and Glyndebourne festivals.  \n\n\n\n\nBryan Gilliam Ph.D.  is Professor Emeritus at Duke University (Department of Music and German). He has published five books on Richard Strauss\, most recently Rounding Wagner’s Mountain: Richard Strauss and Modern German Opera (Cambridge University Press). He is writing a sixth one on Salome for Oxford Keynotes. Beyond scholarly venues\, he has given lectures at various national and international festivals such as Bayreuth\, Salzburg\, and Mostly Mozart\, among others; as well as opera and concert venues: Lincoln Center Great Performances\, New York Philharmonic\, American Symphony Orchestra\, Philadelphia Orchestra\, Santa Fe Opera\, and the San Francisco Opera. Besides Strauss\, he has published on Anton Bruckner\, Kurt Weill\, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. \n\n\nLarry Wolff Ph.D. is Julius Silver Professor of History at New York University.  At NYU he has previously served as Executive Director of the Remarque Institute and as Co-Director of NYU Florence at Villa La Pietra.  His most recent book (a book about Die Frau ohne Schatten) is The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy (2023).  His books also include The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon (2016)\, The Idea of Galicia: History and Fantasy in Habsburg Political Culture (2010)\, and Inventing Eastern Europe:  The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment (1994).  He writes frequently about opera\, publishing essays and reviews in the Times Literary Supplement\, the New York Review of Books\, the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, and the Hudson Review.  He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \n\n\n\n\nVenue & Accessibility: Bohemian National Hall\, 321 East 73rd Street (between 1st Street-2nd Avenue)\, Third Floor \nThere are smooth sidewalk cutouts at 73rd & Second Ave.; those at First Ave. are uneven. Look for the access ramp to Bohemian Spirit Restaurant to the left of the Hall; the venue is fully accessible. WSNY Seminar is on the 3rd Floor\, via elevators\, and seating can be arranged to accommodate walkers and wheelchairs. ADA compliant restrooms are conveniently located on the same floor.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/diefrauseminar/
LOCATION:Bohemian National Hall\, 321 E 73rd St.\, Third Floor\, New York\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Wagnerian Techniques in Film Scores: Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings
DESCRIPTION:Wagnerian Techniques in Film Scores:  The Motivic Structure of Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings \n  \nIn 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.  Adams subsequently spent just under ten years writing the book\, The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films. He joins the Wagner Society to analyze and compare the use of motives as a structural component in Wagner and in Shore.  What if Wagner had the opportunity to score a modern film? \nThe program will be preceded by a brief Annual Membership Meeting. The Meeting is being held in January\, rather than later in the year as previously\, as a result of a recent change to the Society’s fiscal year end. The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to elect the 2025-26 Board of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Your vote is needed! Members who cannot attend in person may send in (by mail or electronically\, returning it to arrive no later than noon Tuesday\, January 7\, 20254) the form (sent by postal mail and online here) to designate a proxy. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments\, and livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nAccessibility: The Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor.  Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station).
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/wagnerian-techniques-in-film-scores-howard-shores-lord-of-the-rings/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Reception with Conductor Simone Young - For Special Contributors
DESCRIPTION:Conductor Simone Young will again join the Wagner Society of New York\, this time for a private reception following her matinée performance of Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic. \nFor Special Contributors (Patrons and above) only – a separate invite will be sent via e-mail.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/reception-with-simone-young/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Reception
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Ekaterina Gubanova
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2025 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nEkaterina Gubanova (2025: Kundry in Parsifal\, Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde; Venus in Tannhäuser 2019-24) is acknowledged as one of the leading mezzos of our days. Born in Moscow she first studied piano before being trained as an opera singer at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire\, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and as a member of the Young Artists Program at the Royal Opera House in London. Since then\, she regularly guests at the major opera houses and festivals worldwide\, such as the Metropolitan Opera New York\, the Lyric Opera Chicago\, La Scala in Milano\, the Rome Opera\, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden\, the Opera national de Paris\, the Vienna State Opera\, the Bavarian State Opera\, the Berlin State Opera\, the Hamburg State Opera\, the Bolshoi Theatre\, the Mariinsky Theatre\, the Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona\, the Teatro Real Madrid as well as the Bayreuth festival. \nThe 2024/25 season sees Ekaterina Gubanova in new productions of Das Rheingold (Fricka) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich\, and Rusalka (Foreign Princess) at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. Later in the season\, she also returns to the Paris Opera for Don Carlos and to the Vienna State Opera for a new production of Tannhäuser. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany.\nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. Get the Series: all five artists talks plus Parsifal Mythologies for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-gubanova/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Jordan Shanahan
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2025 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nJordan Shanahan (Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde\, Klingsor in Parsifal\, Kothner in Die Meistersinger) has made a name for himself internationally\, particularly with his charismatic interpretations of dramatic roles. In the 2024/205 season\, he sang Monterone in Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera\, his debut in Portugal at the Casa da Música in Porto with Zemlinsky’s Lyrische Symphonie\, a new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten as Barak at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and his house debut at the Vienna State Opera as Telramund in Lohengrin with Christian Thielemann. In addition to the standard repertoire\, Jordan Shanahan has also made a name for himself in contemporary repertoire and with roles such as Joseph de Rocher in Dead Man Walking\, Robert Oppenheimer in Dr. Atomic\, The Protector in Written on Skin and Il Uomo Senza Sangue. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany.\nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. Get the Series: all five artists talks plus Parsifal Mythologies for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-jordan-shanahan/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Michael Spyres
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2025 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \n\nMichael Spyres (Siegmund in Die Walküre\, Walther in Die Meistersinger) is one of the most accomplished tenors of his generation with already 10 DVDs and 30 CDs to his name. Born and raised in the Ozarks in an extremely musical family\, he has been celebrated in the world’s most prestigious international opera houses\, festivals and concert halls. Acclaimed in the widest range of repertoire\, he has tackled every genre from Baroque to Classical to 20th century music\, while firmly establishing himself as an expert within the Bel Canto\, Romantic\, and French Grand Opera genres. Michael has sung at many of the world’s most prestigious opera houses\, concert halls and festivals such as the Teatro alla Scala\, Metropolitan Opera\, Wiener Staatsoper\, Royal Opera Covent Garden\, Paris Opéra National\, Bayerische Staatsoper\, Teatro Real Madrid\, Liceu Barcelona\, Lyric Opera Chicago\, Houston Grand Opera\, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden\, La Monnaie Brussels\, Dutch National Opera\, Semperoper Dresden\, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées of Paris\, Carnegie Hall\, Gewandhaus Leipzig\, Bunka Kaikan Hall Tokyo\, Salzburg Festival\, Aix-en-Provence Festival\, Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro\, the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms. \nSince 2015 Michael has had the honor to be the only International Opera Star who is not just a performer but also an impresario. Mr. Spyres has been the Artistic Director of his hometown opera company\, the Ozarks Lyric Opera\, and has been involved in every aspect of the renaissance of his regional company. In addition to being the active Artistic Director he has translated libretti and actively teaches masterclasses while guiding young artists’ careers. The last years have seen him produce numerous events as well as 15 operas and 5 gala concerts. In 2021\, Michael was honored with the highest honor officially bestowed to artists in France\, the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres designation by the government of France. \n\nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany.\nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. Get the Series: all five artists talks plus Parsifal Mythologies for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-michael-spyres/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Matthew Newlin
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2025 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \n\nMatthew Newlin (Eisslinger in Die Meistersinger\, Junger Seemann in Tristan und Isolde\, 4th Knappe in Parsifal) has been a member of the ensemble at Deutsche Oper Berlin since 2013\, where he regularly performs such leading roles as Tamino\, Don Jose\, Alfredo\, and Count Almaviva. He enjoys an international career\, performing in major theatres across Europe\, and can be heard in recordings of Handel’s Semele and Samson. Matthew’s versatile singing\, excellent musicianship\, and natural stagecraft affords him success in a wide range of repertoire\, from the Baroque to the Modern. This coming season he’ll also be performing the role of Siegmund in Die Walküre at Deutsche Oper Berlin. \n\nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. Get the Series: all five artists talks plus Parsifal Mythologies for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-matthew-newlin/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Michael Nagy
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2025 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nMichael Nagy (Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger; Wolfram von Eschenbach Tannhäuser\, 2011-13)\, began his musical career with the Stuttgart Hymnus Boys’ Choir. He studied singing\, Lied interpretation and conducting with Rudolf Piernay\, Irwin Gage and Klaus Arp in Mannheim and Saarbrücken and enhanced his education in master classes held by Charles Spencer\, Cornelius Reid and Rudolf Piernay. Michael Nagy became an ensemble member of the Komische Oper Berlin before moving on to Frankfurt Opera\, where he was able to develop his repertoire in roles such as Paragon (The Magic Flute)\, Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro)\, Wolfram (Tannhäuser)\, Valentin (Faust)\, Prince Yeletsky (Pique Dame)\, Marcello (La Bohème)\, Albert (Werther)\, Frank/Fritz (Die tote Stadt)\, and Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus). \nHis 2024-25 concert season offered a wide repertoire with performances including Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder and Schoenberg’s Jakobsleiter under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher at the Elbphilharmonie. He sang The Creation with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra\, Brahms’ Requiem in Utrecht and Amsterdam\, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in Warsaw\, as well as Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany.\nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. Get the Series: all five artists talks plus Parsifal Mythologies for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-nagy/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Ryan Speedo Green in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special evening with Grammy Award–winning bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green\, currently starring in the title role of Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera. In conversation with dramaturg Cori Ellison\, Mr. Green will discuss his career\, artistic path\, and upcoming major roles\, including King Marke in Tristan und Isolde\, Crown in Porgy and Bess\, and Wotan in Die Walküre. \nNamed “the real showstopper” by the New York Times\, Green is one of opera’s most acclaimed bass-baritones\, regularly performing at leading opera houses and orchestras around the world\, including the Metropolitan Opera\, Bayerische Staatsoper\, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Known for both his powerful stage presence and vocal artistry\, Green continues to expand his repertoire with critically acclaimed debuts in both classic and contemporary works. \nProgram Change: This event replaces the “Hitler’s Twilight of the Gods: Teutonic Aesthetics and the Statecraft of the Third Reich” book talk with author Alexandra Birch. \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/ryan-speedo-green-in-conversation/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T183000
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SUMMARY:Yuval Sharon in Conversation with Cori Ellison
DESCRIPTION:What happens when opera’s most fearless rule-breaker takes on one of its most monumental works? In this wide-ranging conversation\, Yuval Sharon joins dramaturg Cori Ellison to unpack his bold new staging of Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera. Known as opera’s “disrupter-in-residence\,” Sharon brings his signature curiosity to the work\, opening up fresh ways of listening\, seeing\, and experiencing its emotional and philosophical intensity. \nWe’ll also dive into his book\, A New Philosophy of Opera\, a manifesto-meets-invitation that reimagines opera as something alive\, flexible\, and radically inclusive. From parking-lot performances to rethinking canonical structures\, Sharon shares why he believes opera isn’t dying: it’s constantly being reborn. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/yuval-sharon-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Ave.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260811T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260811T113000
DTSTAMP:20260808T140342
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Georg Zeppenfeld
DESCRIPTION:Georg Zeppenfeld has the bass solo in Beethoven’s Ninth this year as well as Gurnemanz in Parsifal; previous years he has performed Hans Sachs\, Hunding\, Daland\, Marke\, Heinrich der Vogler\, Veit Pogner\, and the Night Watchman. Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nGeorg Zeppenfeld\, a renowned bassist from Attendorn in Westphalia\, embarked on his musical journey with a dual major in Music and German Studies. Concurrently\, he honed his skills in concert and operatic singing at the prestigious music conservatories in Detmold and Cologne\, culminating in comprehensive training under the guidance of Hans Sotin. His repertoire encompasses notable roles from both the Italian and German vocal traditions. Since 2010\, he has been a regular guest at the Bayreuth Festival\, where he compellingly embodies the most significant roles within his vocal range. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-georg-zeppenfeld/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260812T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260812T113000
DTSTAMP:20260808T140342
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Michael Volle
DESCRIPTION:Michael Volle\, singing Amfortas in Parsifal and Wotan/Wanderer in the Ring Cycle this season; in previous years he has performed Der Holländer\, Hans Sachs\, and Sixtus Beckmesser at the Bayreuth Fetsival. Join us in 2026 for this Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nMichael Volle‘s exceptional vocal talent and powerful stage presence have established the German baritone as one of the most sought-after singers of his generation. Inspired by his teachers Josef Metternich and Rudolf Piernay\, he has conquered the stages of the world’s most prestigious opera houses as a heroic baritone\, while never losing his passion for the more intimate concert and song repertoire. \nAfter early engagements in Mannheim\, Bonn\, Düsseldorf\, and Cologne\, he became a member of the ensembles at the Zurich Opera House and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich\, where the foundation was laid for an acclaimed international career. This career has since taken him as a guest artist to all major international opera stages\, including the opera houses in Berlin\, the State Operas of Hamburg\, Dresden\, Munich\, and Vienna\, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden\, the Opéra National de Paris\, London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden\, the Teatro Real in Madrid\, the Liceu in Barcelona\, La Scala in Milan\, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York\, as well as to the Bregenz\, Salzburg Festivals\, and the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth. \nMichael Volle has earned particular renown as an interpreter of Richard Wagner’s works. Among his most important roles are Wotan/Wanderer in Wagner’s Ring Cycle and Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In addition\, the roles of Richard Strauss and the major baritone parts of the Italian repertoire\, especially those by Giuseppe Verdi\, form a central focus of his artistic work. In the 2024/25 season\, he appeared in new productions of Rheingold\, Walküre\, and Siegfried at La Scala in Milan (directed by David McVicar)\, where the Ring has been completed in the 2025/26 season with two complete cycles. The Vienna State Opera also remains a regular fixture in his calendar; this season he appeared there in two Ring cycles. In November 2025\, he returned to the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden in the title role of Falstaff\, having already appeared there as Wotan/Wanderer in September 2025\, and he took on the role of Mandryka (Arabella) at the Zurich Opera House. The season concludes with the 150th anniversary of the Bayreuth Festival\, where he will perform in two Ring cycles and take on the role of Amfortas in Parsifal. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating. \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-volle/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260813T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260813T113000
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Christa Mayer
DESCRIPTION:Christa Mayer performs Waltraute and Erda in the Ring Cycle this season\, as well as the alto solo in Beethoven’s Ninth. Previous Bayreuth engagements have included Schwertleite\, Fricka\, Magdalene\, Mary and Brangäne. Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nChrista Mayer received her vocal training at the Bavarian Singers’ Academy and the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts\, where she graduated in 2001 with a master class diploma. While still a student\, she received several awards\, including prizes at the International ARD Music Competition and from the Richard Strauss Society Munich. The Bayreuth Festival holds a special place in her career. In 2008\, under the direction of Christian Thielemann\, she made her debut on the “Green Hill” singing Erda and Waltraute. Since then\, the Bayreuth Festival has been a permanent fixture in her calendar\, where she has also performed roles such as Brangäne\, Fricka\, Waltraute\, and Magdalene. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-christa-mayer/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260814T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260814T113000
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Camilla Nylund
DESCRIPTION:Camilla Nylund performs Brünnhilde this year in the entire Ring Cycle; previously in Bayreuth she has sung Isolde\, Elsa von Brabant\, Eva Pogner\, and Elisabeth. Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nAfter being a troupe member in Hanover and at the Semperoper Dresden\, Camilla Nylund is now one of the internationally most sought-after singers in her field and is a regular guest at all major opera houses – at the Vienna State Opera\, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich\, the Metropolitan Opera New York\, La Scala di Milano\, the Paris Bastille\, the Berlin and Hamburg State Operas\, the Deutsche Oper Berlin\, at the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals\, in Barcelona\, Valencia\, Zurich\, Helsinki\, Cologne\, Frankfurt\, Amsterdam\, Tokyo\, San Francisco. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-camilla-nylund/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260815T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260815T113000
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Marcus Lobbes
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. This talk with Marcus Lobbes\, Curator and director of the Artistic and Technical Concept of ‘Ring 10010110’ – the 150th Anniversary Ring: “Using new imaging techniques and a mixture of live coding\, artificial intelligence\, and holography\, a monumental tetralogy\, a world of power\, love\, betrayal\, and downfall\, and at the same time a place of constant transformation\, is curated with new imaging techniques. With a mixture of live coding\, artificial intelligence\, and holography\, Marcus Lobbes and his team are creating an experiment of visionary power. Under the title “RING 10010110\,” Richard Wagner’s music drama and its reception history take center stage—through a visual level that is constantly changing\, expanding\, recomposing\, and contradicting itself. For the first time in the history of the festival\, artificial intelligence will play live on stage – not as a character\, but as an imaging force.” These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nAs Director of the Dortmund Academy\, Marcus Lobbes is in high demand locally\, nationally\, and internationally for lectures and panel discussions; he is particularly committed to fostering and promoting a wide variety of networks in the performing arts\, as well as communicating artistic research — in dialogue with the latest technologies — to theater and educational institutions\, policymakers\, and the general public. \nHe is also active on numerous committees\, boards of trustees\, and juries; for example\, since 2024 he has served as vice president of the German Academy of Performing Arts and as a member of the board of trustees of the Performing Arts Fund. \nSince 1995\, he has worked as a director\, set designer\, and writer in musical and spoken theater. His focus is on uncompromisingly contemporary adaptations of classics as well as numerous world premieres and first performances at many renowned theaters across Germany in over 80 productions to date\, including at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus\, the Frankfurt Opera\, the Hamburg Opera\, the National Theater Mannheim\, the State Theaters in Kassel\, Mainz\, Saarbrücken\, Darmstadt\, and Braunschweig\, the Schauspiel Dortmund\, the Theater Freiburg\, and the Wuppertaler Bühnen. \nHis artistic signature is characterized by innovative forms of collective work with ensembles and his close collaboration with contemporary writers and composers. In addition to numerous invitations and awards\, his approach is also finding its way into the training of young artists: \nSince 2014\, he has been invited as a guest lecturer and speaker to the Academy of Performing Arts in Ludwigsburg\, the Mozarteum in Salzburg\, the University of Rostock\, the University of Applied Sciences Mainz\, the Zurich University of the Arts\, the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK)\, the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf\, and\, since 2016\, annually to the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-marcus-lobbes/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Mika Kares
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. This event presents Mika Kares\, singing Fasolt in Das Rheingold\, Hunding in Die Walküre\, and Hagen in Götterdämmerung\, as well as Daland in Der fliegende Holländer. In 2025 Mr. Kares also sang Heinrich der Vogler in Lohengrin. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nMika Kares has established himself as one of today’s internationally most sought-after basses. His vast repertoire covers all the great Italian and German composers such as Verdi\, Wagner and Mozart\, in addition to the most important roles of the slavic and Finnish tradition. \nDistinguished by his colourful bass voice\, Kares regularly guests at the most renowned houses and festivals worldwide and has worked with conductors including Christian Thielemann\, Simone Young\, Teodor Currentzis\, Nikolaus Harnoncourt\, Fabio Luisi\, Marc Minkowski\, Zubin Mehta\, Riccardo Muti\, Franz Welser-Möst\, Sebastian Weigle\, François-Xavier Roth\, Klaus Mäkelä\, Kent Nagano\, Kirill Petrenko\, Marco Armiliato\, Thomas Guggeis and Tarmo Peltokoski. \nRecent seasons’ opera highlights include i.a. Hagen/Götterdämmerung at the Bayreuth Festival\, the Vienna State Opera and Berlin State Opera (where he also sang Fasolt and Hunding\, as well as Vodník/Rusalka\, Ivan/Khovanshchina and Zaccaria/Nabucco in new productions)\, Bluebeard/Bluebeard’s Castle at the Salzburg Festival\, Sarastro/Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Munich’s Bavarian State Opera\, Il Commendatore/Don Giovanni at The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Salzburg and Savonlinna Festivals\, Daland/The Flying Dutchman at the Lyric Opera\, Fafner/Das Rheingold and Jacopo Fiesco/Simon Boccanegra at the Opéra National de Paris\, King Heinrich/Lohengrin\, King Marke/Tristan und Isolde\, Padre Guardiano/La forza del destino and Balthazar/La Favorite at the Bavarian State Opera\, Gremin/Eugene Onegin at the Vienna State Opera\, Landgraf Hermann/Tannhäuser at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Zurich Opera\, Zaccaria/Nabucco at Deutsche Oper Berlin\, Inquisitor/The Fiery Angel at Teatro Real de Madrid\, Great Inquisitor/Don Carlo at Teatro alla Scala\, and Ramfis/Aida at Théâtre Royale de La Monnaie in Brussels\, as well as the monumental Finnish roles of Antti/The Horseman (A. Sallinen) at the Finnish National Opera and Paavo/The Last Temptations (J. Kokkonen) at Opera Tampere and the Savonlinna Opera Festival\, where he recently also made his debut as Boris Godunow. \nIn addition\, Mika Kares is very sought after as a concert singer\, his broad repertoire including key works such as Mozart’s Requiem\, Rossini’s Stabat Mater\, Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 and Missa Solemnis\, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem\, Mahler’s Symphony No 8\, as well as Shostakovich’s Symphonies No 13 and 14. \nIn the upcoming 2026-27 season Kares will be back in Paris for the fourth and final instalment of Bieito’s RING\, Götterdämmerung\, performing his signature role Hagen\, followed by two complete cycles. Subsequently\, he will return to the Royal Opera House as Hagen for the final part of Barrie Kosky’s RING. In addition\, he will be going on a RING concert tour with Opernhaus Zürich as Fasolt/Hunding/Hagen with performances at the Paris Philharmonie and the New York Carnegie Hall. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-mika-kares/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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