Wagner Society of New York presents its 41st Annual Seminar,
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on Sunday, October 31, 2021, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm (ET). The event will be present via Livestream, and Live at:
2537 Broadway & 95th Street
(enter on 95th Street).
Advance reservations for this event are required.
To Attend the Live Event:
Live Event ticket pricing: $40.00/person, $20.00/person for students
12:00: Introduction: Victoria Bond, Moderator. Composer, Conductor, Lecturer
12:05 - 12:50: Jeffrey Swann, PhD., concert pianist and lecturer: Dynamic Tension in Meistersinger 1:00 - 1:50: Victoria Bond: Inspiration for Wagner’s opera: Lortzing’s Hans Sachs (audio examples) 2:00 - 2:50: View from the Pit: Met Orchestra Musicians 3:00 - 3:50: Met Cast Roundtable 3:50 - 4:00: Discussion
Special treat: Excerpt from the 2014 Meistersinger Seminar Roundtable with comments by James Morris, Johan Botha (RIP), and Annette Dasch.
Special ebook offer:
Wagner’s Die Meistersinger in Perspective by Peter Bassett, a noted Australian Wagner author and lecturer, is now instantly available. Price: $10.00; download directly from:
www.wagnerebooks.com (payment by Visa, MC, AmEx, or PayPal).