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SUMMARY:Paris Ring 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society of New York has obtained a block of tickets for the first cycle of the complete Ring des Nibelungen from November 6-13 2026 at Opéra Bastille\, Paris\, France. This offer is available only to WSNY Members of record as of November 11\, 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are in the ‘Category 1’ of the Orchestra (Parterre/Stalls) section for the operas of the first Ring Cycle (Das Rheingold 6 November 2026\, Die Walküre 7 November 2026\, Siegfried 10 November 2026\, Götterdämmerung 13 November 2026). The cost is $1000.21 for one ticket to each opera (a complete Ring Cycle)\, reflecting a $909.28 ticket cost and a $90.93 contribution to the WSNY. In addition to tickets for the complete Cycle\, purchasers also receive access to the entire cultural program linked to the Festival\, and light refreshments during the first intervals. For complete information and questions about subscription benefits please consult the Opéra de Paris online HERE. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket sales open on Sunday\, November 30 at 12:00 noon EST and close on Thursday\, April 30 2026 at 12:00 EST or when sold out. Purchase requires the payment of $1000.21 per ticket\, payable online via credit card. Your purchase guarantees your tickets\, which will be allocated once sales have closed. Limit two tickets per member. \nAfter availability has been fulfilled\, you may join the waitlist to be notified of possible further availability \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllocations will begin once sales are complete. The Wagner Society of New York has priced tickets at the EUR-USD exchange rate to which it was subject at the time of purchase on your behalf\, and has added a 10% contribution portion to the total ticket price. All sales are final. Tickets will be downloadable as PDF print-at-home E-Tickets. They are not personalized or inscribed with the name of the purchaser. The Wagner Society of New York is not able to assist with transportation\, lodging\, or other travel arrangements.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/paris-ring-2026-request/
LOCATION:Opéra Bastille\, Pl. de la Bastille\, Paris\, 75012\, France
CATEGORIES:Concertgoing
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SUMMARY:The End as Beginning
DESCRIPTION:Every work of Wagner’s maturity is unique and self-contained\, and yet Parsifal stands apart from the others. In a way\, the composer steps back from his world-changing musical innovations\, his constant dramatic and philosophical preoccupations\, and asks “suppose all that is now settled or transcended; what then?” The “stage-consecration festival play” is less a summation of his life’s work than the opening of a new pilgrimage that one life could never be sufficient to complete. \nAbout the speaker: Will Crutchfield has divided his opera career between conducting\, musicology\, and education. As Director of Opera for the Caramoor International Music Festival from 1997 to 2017\, he conducted over 30 titles by Rossini\, Donizetti\, Bellini and Verdi with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and soloists including Lawrence Brownlee\, Angela Meade\, Vivica Genaux\, Hao Jiang Tian\, Ewa Podleś\, Sumi Jo\, Jennifer Larmore\, Georgia Jarman\, John Osborn\, Michael Spyres\, and Hei-Kyung Hong. He has also held posts as Music Director with the Opera de Colombia (Bogota) and Principal Guest Conductor of the Polish National Opera (Warsaw)\, and has made guest appearances with many theaters\, including the Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro)\, the Canadian Opera Company\, the Washington National Opera\, and the Minnesota Opera among others. For Ricordi and the Fondazione Rossini he prepared the critical edition of Aureliano in Palmira\, also conducting the production at Pesaro that won first place as “Best Rediscovered Work” in the 2015 International Opera Awards. In the same year he was named a Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation in recognition of his operatic work\, and in 2017 he was named as one of Musical America’s 30 “Movers and Shapers” for his leadership in innovative training and performance. In 2020 he was featured in The New York Times for his first-ever reconstruction of Beethoven’s sketches for the lost tenor aria from the1805 opera Leonore. His other reconstructions include Donizetti’s unfinished Symphony in E Minor\, the only known full-scale concert symphony by a major Italian composer of the 19th century. He has contributed articles on historical performance practice to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and numerous scholarly journals\, and is currently completing a book on the same subject for Oxford University Press. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\nWSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. Livestream/re-stream viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/the-end-as-beginning/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T203000
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SUMMARY:Wagner’s Theater Innovations
DESCRIPTION:Many Wagnerians are drawn to Wagner primarily because of his contributions to theatre\, rather than music. Many modern theatrical practices were introduced by Wagner. This program traces the development of Western theater up to the early 19th Century\, and shows how Wagner – both in theory and in practice – was a critical figure in presaging modern theatrical production. \nAbout the presenter: Peter Phillips is an attorney specializing in mediation\, arbitration and dispute resolution.  He serves as Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law and Director of the ADR Skills program at New York Law School.  He is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College and trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.  Classmates during his training included Imelda Stanton\, Ciaran Hinds\, Alan Rickman\, Kenneth Brannagh and Kevin R. McNally.  He subsequently appeared in many productions on and off Broadway\, in regional theaters\, and on film and television\, including Henry V with Meryl Streep; Equus with Anthony Perkins; Stone Pillow with Lucille Ball; Macbeth with Nicol Williamson; Caucasian Chalk Circle with Robert Prosky and Christine Esterbrook; a recurring role in All My Children with Susan Lucci; Hamlet with John Glover; Cherry Orchard with Irene Worth and Raul Julia; Eccentricities of a Nightingale with Jill Eickenberry; Playing for Time with Vanessa Redgrave; and Winter’s Tale with Brian Murray.  He directed productions of La Boheme at Brooklyn Opera; Sweeney Todd at the University of Michigan; Company in London; Wisteria Trees at the York Theatre; and several other stage productions off-Broadway and in college theaters. He is a magna cum laude graduate of New York Law School and is a member of both Actor’s Studio and Ensemble Studio Theatre.  \n  \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\nWSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. Livestream/re-stream viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/wagners-theater-innovations/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:From Boito to Berio: the Influence of Richard Wagner on Italian opera // Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The lecture will examine the influence of Wagnerism in Italian opera.  First used as a pejorative cudgel against the late works of Verdi\, it was explored in earnest through the experiments of Arrigo Boito and Franco Faccio. Through the verismo period\, and especially among the Giovane Scuola (Young School) composers\, Wagner’s music and dramaturgy became openly embraced. In the 20th century\, Italian composers continued to grapple with the implications of Wagner’s music. The late 20th century “azioni musicali” (“musical actions”) of Luciano Berio manage to synthesize some of the more radical aspects of Wagner’s philosophy in surprising ways. \nThis presentation will be preceded by a brief Annual Membership Meeting. \n About the Speaker: Anthony Barrese has earned accolades as both a composer and conductor in North America and Italy.  Mr. Barrese is the recipient of numerous composition awards including a NEC Contemporary Ensemble Composition Competition Award for his Madrigale a 3 voci femminili\, and two BMI Student Composers Awards. As a musicologist\, Mr. Barrese rediscovered\, prepared\, and edited the critical edition of Franco Faccio’s opera Amleto\, in conjunction with Casa Ricordi. As Artistic Director and Principal conductor of Opera Southwest he has conducted Rossini’s Otello with the American staged premiere of the “finale lieto\,” (happy end) and in 2014 he lead the World Premiere of Amleto\, not heard anywhere since 1871. He also notably led productions of Wagner’s Lohengrin (2019)\, a new world premiere of Bottesini’s Alì Babà (2019)\, and a company premiere of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande (2021).  As Music Director of Opera Delaware he conducted the west coast premiere of Amleto in 2016\, and the company premiere of Rossini’s Semiramide in 2017. In the 2026 season he conducted a new productions of Andrea Chénier\, Boris Godunov (Opera Southwest)\, and Tosca (Opera Tampa). \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\nWSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. Livestream/re-stream viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/from-boito-to-berio-the-influence-of-richard-wagner-on-italian-opera-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270204T200000
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SUMMARY:Pre-Performance Meet-Up: Bruckner 7 with Met Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 4\, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra plays Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony at Carnegie Hall with Simon Rattle on the podium. Come say Hi to our members before the performance: it’s a great chance to mingle with fellow Wagner enthusiasts\, share your thoughts on the performance\, and connect with like-minded people who appreciate great music and conversation. Whether you’re a long-time member or new to the Society\, we’d love to see you there and hear your insights. \nYou’ll find us in the Rose Museum outside the Rohatyn Room on the first tier – and can recognize our loyal members by their Wagner silhouette lapel pins. The house opens 45 minutes before the performance – come drop by before you take your seat. \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/pre-performance-meet-up-bruckner-7-with-met-orchestra/
LOCATION:Carnegie Hall\, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concertgoing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260921T132259Z
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SUMMARY:Liszt's Tone Poems as Musical Realizations of Ideas from Opera and Drama and Their Influence on Wagner's Musical Language
DESCRIPTION:Is it possible that Wagner found in Liszt’s tone poems practical applications of theoretical concepts articulated in Opera and Drama (1849)? There Wagner argues that multiple changes of key—each possessing its own characteristic qualities and each related to the others—are necessary for the proper musical expression of poetic ideas. The combination of distinct musical sections\, or poetic-musical periods\, gives rise to an overarching poetic conception that forms the basis of an entire music drama. Only by coupling tonality with dramatic action and poetic intent\, Wagner believed\, could music as an art form continue to develop\, for without an extra-musical foundation the continued expansion of chromaticism risks leading to harmonic aimlessness. Liszt’s revolutionary harmonic language\, the resulting attenuation of the diatonic system\, and his treatment of form—especially the combination of several movements into a single whole—may represent the practical means by which these aesthetic ideals found musical realization. This presentation examines the techniques that distinguish Liszt’s compositional language from that of the First Viennese School\, considers their affect on tonal structure and form\, and explores their possible reflection in Wagner’s music dramas\, where they become inseparable from dramatic action and poetic meaning\, both before and after the Siegfried hiatus. More broadly\, it asks whether Liszt’s tone poems may have furnished Wagner not merely with new harmonic procedures\, but with compositional solutions to problems he had himself articulated in Opera and Drama. \n  \nAbout the Speaker: Chris Park is a part-time associate teaching professor in the Techniques of Music department at the Mannes School of Music at The New School. Originally trained as a violinist\, he later studied Schenkerian analysis with Carl Schachter. He teaches courses ranging from freshman music theory to advanced analysis\, as well as seminars on Beethoven\, Wagner’s Ring\, Mahler\, and the nineteenth-century tone poem. Drawing on Schenkerian analysis\, his research explores the interaction of tonal structure\, musical form\, and extra-musical meaning in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century repertoire. His current work brings together three longstanding interests: musical form\, tonal structure\, and drama. Underlying much of his scholarship is a central question: How does tonal structure create or support musical meaning? His recent work on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony traces the long-range preparation of climactic moments in the Finale\, including one of particular social and political significance. He completed his dissertation\, Mozart’s Harmonization Exercises for Barbary Ployer\, in 1999. Park’s opera\, Phedra and Hippolytus\, based on Euripides’ Hippolytus\, was fully staged in Belo Horizonte\, Brazil\, in 2013. He is the reed organist at the New Boston Congregational Church in Sandisfield\, Massachusetts\, and the drummer for Otto’s German Band in Berkshire County. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\nWSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. Livestream/re-stream viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/liszts-tone-poems-as-musical-realizations-of-ideas-from-opera-and-drama-and-their-influence-on-wagners-musical-language/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:What Does a Dramaturg Do?
DESCRIPTION:Cori Ellison explains what Dramaturgs do – and do not – do to assist a production team to interpret and mount an opera. \nAbout the Speaker:  Cori Ellison\, a leading creative figure in the opera world\, has served as staff dramaturg at the Santa Fe Opera\, Glyndebourne Festival\, and New York City Opera (NYCO). Active in developing contemporary opera\, she is a founding faculty member and mentor at American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program and has developed new operatic works for companies including Glyndebourne\, Icelandic Opera\, Canadian Opera\, Norwegian Opera\, Opera Philadelphia\, Chicago Opera Theater\, Arizona Opera\, Opera Birmingham\, Pittsburgh Opera\, Beth Morrison Projects\, On-Site Opera\, the Miller Theater\, Indiana University Opera Theater\, and Crane School of Music. She has served as production dramaturg for projects including Das Rheingold at Los Angeles Philharmonic; L’incoronazione di Poppea at Cincinnati Opera; Orphic Moments at the Salzburg Landestheater\, National Sawdust\, and Master Voices; Aci\, Galatea\, e Polifemo at National Sawdust and Philharmonia Baroque; Washington National Opera’s Ring cycle; Opera Boston’s The Nose; Offenbach!!! at Bard Summerscape; and La finta giardiniera at Indiana University. At Juilliard\, Ellison serves on the Vocal Arts faculty\, and she has coached and taught master classes for singers at schools including Indiana University Jacobs School of Music\, Cincinnati College-Conservatory\, University of Toronto\, University of Texas at Austin\, University of Michigan\, Boston University\, Boston Conservatory\, Michigan State University\, Mannes College\, DePaul University\, University of Illinois\, Loyola University\, Montclair State University\, and University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She serves as judge for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition\, Concurso San Miguel in Mexico\, Wagner Society of New York\, and other vocal competitions. She creates supertitles for opera companies worldwide and helped launch Met Titles\, the Met’s simultaneous translation system. Her English singing translations include Hansel and Gretel (NYCO)\, La vestale (English National Opera) and Shostakovich’s Cherry Tree Towers (Bard Summerscape). Ellison has written for the New York Times and has contributed to books including The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The Compleat Mozart. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\nWSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/what-does-a-dramaturg-do/
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:20270330T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270330T193000
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SUMMARY:Five-Part Course: Wagner's Parsifal
DESCRIPTION:In May 2027\, the Metropolitan Opera will present Wagner’s Parsifal\, his final music drama and one of the most searching works in the operatic repertoire. Since its premiere in 1882\, Parsifal has fascinated audiences with its extraordinary fusion of ritual\, symbolism\, philosophy\, and musical invention. This course explores the work from multiple perspectives\, beginning with its literary and religious sources\, the creation of the libretto\, and the circumstances of its composition. Particular attention will be given to Wagner’s use of leitmotif\, orchestral color\, and harmonic language to create a drama of spiritual struggle\, compassion\, temptation\, and redemption. The course will also consider the reception of this complex and controversial work\, its influence on later composers\, and the challenges of staging an opera whose action unfolds as much inwardly and symbolically as it does theatrically. Classes will be illustrated with a variety of recordings and videos demonstrating different interpretive approaches by renowned artists. \nThis course is offered in collaboration with Juilliard Extension. \nFive sessions: Tuesdays 6:00 – 7:30pm\, March 30 – April 27; in-person only \nAbout the instructor: John J. H. Muller IV is professor emeritus in the Music Department at The Juilliard School and has given independent courses on Wagner and other composers. He presented the Society’s Bayreuth lecture series from 2010 to 2019. \nPricing: Regularly $280\, 50% discount for WSNY members ($140) – see email for discount code \n \n  \n  \nRegistration Online only via Juilliard Extension or register by phone: (212) 799-5000 ext. 273
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/five-part-course-wagners-parsifal/2027-03-30/
LOCATION:The Juilliard School\, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270401T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270401T203000
DTSTAMP:20260921T133242Z
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SUMMARY:Heard and (often) Unseen: The Orchestra's Perspective
DESCRIPTION:This is an opportunity to meet members of the orchestra that so many of us admire\, discussing their life in the pit and the challenges and inspirations they experience playing under the leadership of a different conductor every night.  An emphasis will be placed on unique issues in Wagnerian scores. \nOrchestra members will be announced at a later date \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\nWSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/heard-and-often-unseen-the-orchestras-perspective/
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:20270406T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270406T193000
DTSTAMP:20260829T165438Z
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SUMMARY:Five-Part Course: Wagner's Parsifal
DESCRIPTION:In May 2027\, the Metropolitan Opera will present Wagner’s Parsifal\, his final music drama and one of the most searching works in the operatic repertoire. Since its premiere in 1882\, Parsifal has fascinated audiences with its extraordinary fusion of ritual\, symbolism\, philosophy\, and musical invention. This course explores the work from multiple perspectives\, beginning with its literary and religious sources\, the creation of the libretto\, and the circumstances of its composition. Particular attention will be given to Wagner’s use of leitmotif\, orchestral color\, and harmonic language to create a drama of spiritual struggle\, compassion\, temptation\, and redemption. The course will also consider the reception of this complex and controversial work\, its influence on later composers\, and the challenges of staging an opera whose action unfolds as much inwardly and symbolically as it does theatrically. Classes will be illustrated with a variety of recordings and videos demonstrating different interpretive approaches by renowned artists. \nThis course is offered in collaboration with Juilliard Extension. \nFive sessions: Tuesdays 6:00 – 7:30pm\, March 30 – April 27; in-person only \nAbout the instructor: John J. H. Muller IV is professor emeritus in the Music Department at The Juilliard School and has given independent courses on Wagner and other composers. He presented the Society’s Bayreuth lecture series from 2010 to 2019. \nPricing: Regularly $280\, 50% discount for WSNY members ($140) – see email for discount code \n \n  \n  \nRegistration Online only via Juilliard Extension or register by phone: (212) 799-5000 ext. 273
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/five-part-course-wagners-parsifal/2027-04-06/
LOCATION:The Juilliard School\, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270413T193000
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SUMMARY:Five-Part Course: Wagner's Parsifal
DESCRIPTION:In May 2027\, the Metropolitan Opera will present Wagner’s Parsifal\, his final music drama and one of the most searching works in the operatic repertoire. Since its premiere in 1882\, Parsifal has fascinated audiences with its extraordinary fusion of ritual\, symbolism\, philosophy\, and musical invention. This course explores the work from multiple perspectives\, beginning with its literary and religious sources\, the creation of the libretto\, and the circumstances of its composition. Particular attention will be given to Wagner’s use of leitmotif\, orchestral color\, and harmonic language to create a drama of spiritual struggle\, compassion\, temptation\, and redemption. The course will also consider the reception of this complex and controversial work\, its influence on later composers\, and the challenges of staging an opera whose action unfolds as much inwardly and symbolically as it does theatrically. Classes will be illustrated with a variety of recordings and videos demonstrating different interpretive approaches by renowned artists. \nThis course is offered in collaboration with Juilliard Extension. \nFive sessions: Tuesdays 6:00 – 7:30pm\, March 30 – April 27; in-person only \nAbout the instructor: John J. H. Muller IV is professor emeritus in the Music Department at The Juilliard School and has given independent courses on Wagner and other composers. He presented the Society’s Bayreuth lecture series from 2010 to 2019. \nPricing: Regularly $280\, 50% discount for WSNY members ($140) – see email for discount code \n \n  \n  \nRegistration Online only via Juilliard Extension or register by phone: (212) 799-5000 ext. 273
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/five-part-course-wagners-parsifal/2027-04-13/
LOCATION:The Juilliard School\, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270420T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270420T193000
DTSTAMP:20260829T165438Z
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SUMMARY:Five-Part Course: Wagner's Parsifal
DESCRIPTION:In May 2027\, the Metropolitan Opera will present Wagner’s Parsifal\, his final music drama and one of the most searching works in the operatic repertoire. Since its premiere in 1882\, Parsifal has fascinated audiences with its extraordinary fusion of ritual\, symbolism\, philosophy\, and musical invention. This course explores the work from multiple perspectives\, beginning with its literary and religious sources\, the creation of the libretto\, and the circumstances of its composition. Particular attention will be given to Wagner’s use of leitmotif\, orchestral color\, and harmonic language to create a drama of spiritual struggle\, compassion\, temptation\, and redemption. The course will also consider the reception of this complex and controversial work\, its influence on later composers\, and the challenges of staging an opera whose action unfolds as much inwardly and symbolically as it does theatrically. Classes will be illustrated with a variety of recordings and videos demonstrating different interpretive approaches by renowned artists. \nThis course is offered in collaboration with Juilliard Extension. \nFive sessions: Tuesdays 6:00 – 7:30pm\, March 30 – April 27; in-person only \nAbout the instructor: John J. H. Muller IV is professor emeritus in the Music Department at The Juilliard School and has given independent courses on Wagner and other composers. He presented the Society’s Bayreuth lecture series from 2010 to 2019. \nPricing: Regularly $280\, 50% discount for WSNY members ($140) – see email for discount code \n \n  \n  \nRegistration Online only via Juilliard Extension or register by phone: (212) 799-5000 ext. 273
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/five-part-course-wagners-parsifal/2027-04-20/
LOCATION:The Juilliard School\, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Course
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SUMMARY:Five-Part Course: Wagner's Parsifal
DESCRIPTION:In May 2027\, the Metropolitan Opera will present Wagner’s Parsifal\, his final music drama and one of the most searching works in the operatic repertoire. Since its premiere in 1882\, Parsifal has fascinated audiences with its extraordinary fusion of ritual\, symbolism\, philosophy\, and musical invention. This course explores the work from multiple perspectives\, beginning with its literary and religious sources\, the creation of the libretto\, and the circumstances of its composition. Particular attention will be given to Wagner’s use of leitmotif\, orchestral color\, and harmonic language to create a drama of spiritual struggle\, compassion\, temptation\, and redemption. The course will also consider the reception of this complex and controversial work\, its influence on later composers\, and the challenges of staging an opera whose action unfolds as much inwardly and symbolically as it does theatrically. Classes will be illustrated with a variety of recordings and videos demonstrating different interpretive approaches by renowned artists. \nThis course is offered in collaboration with Juilliard Extension. \nFive sessions: Tuesdays 6:00 – 7:30pm\, March 30 – April 27; in-person only \nAbout the instructor: John J. H. Muller IV is professor emeritus in the Music Department at The Juilliard School and has given independent courses on Wagner and other composers. He presented the Society’s Bayreuth lecture series from 2010 to 2019. \nPricing: Regularly $280\, 50% discount for WSNY members ($140) – see email for discount code \n \n  \n  \nRegistration Online only via Juilliard Extension or register by phone: (212) 799-5000 ext. 273
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/five-part-course-wagners-parsifal/2027-04-27/
LOCATION:The Juilliard School\, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Course
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth 2027 Ticket Request
DESCRIPTION:Ticket Requests \nThe Wagner Society of New York will request tickets for the following performances: \nWednesday\, August 18\, 2027: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg\nThursday\, August 19\, 2027: Parsifal\nFriday\, August 20\, 2027: Lohengrin\nSaturday\, August 21\, 2027: Tannhäuser \nTickets have\, in previous years\, been allocated in the A1-A2 seating categories; no assurances can be given about which tickets will be allocated for 2027. Prices and location may be viewed in the downloadable PDF online here. \nApplication Info \nApplication for ticket requests opens on Saturday\, 3 October at 12:00 p.m. EST. Application requires the payment of a $100 application fee per person per request (i.e. if two tickets for one or more performances are requested\, the application fee is $200)\, payable online via credit card. A member may request up to two tickets per performance. Once members successfully apply and pay the $100 fee(s)\, they will receive an automated email indicating that the request has been received. Your application fee guarantees that a request will be made on your behalf but does not guarantee tickets\, as this will depend upon what is allocated to WSNY. Ticket fulfillment will give priority to members who have not received tickets recently\, and then will be made in order of receipt of request and availability of inventory. Members who request tickets and receive an allocation\, but then fail to complete their purchase\, in addition to forfeiting their application fee\, may receive de-prioritized ticketing allocation for future Bayreuth or other special events. The application fee will be credited against your balance due for any tickets allocated to you. In case the majority of tickets requested by you are not allocated to you (e.g. if you request a ticket to four performances and receive an allocation to only two performances) and you choose not to purchase any of the allocated tickets\, your application fee will be refunded in due course. \nAllocation & Payment \nAllocations are expected to begin in Winter 2026-27. Once WSNY’s ticket contingent has been received\, if your request is able to be fulfilled\, you will be invoiced and you will have 7 days to make the balance payment online via credit card. Failure to pay will result in your ticket(s) no longer being allocated to you. If a ticket allocation is made for a majority of the tickets requested by you\, the application fee will not be refunded\, regardless of whether tickets are paid for. Please note that WSNY will invoice the tickets at the EUR-USD exchange rate to which it is subject at the time of purchase on your behalf\, and will add a 15% contribution to WSNY to the total ticket price. This contribution fee helps to support the work of WSNY. All sales are final.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-2027-ticket-request/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Bayreuth
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