Wagner Society of New York

Tannhäuser and the Windgassen Family
2005-01-22 00:00 UTC
Joe Pearce. ” Tannhäuser and the Windgassen Family.”

Holiday Musicale
2005-01-02 00:00
Holiday Musicale: Recital by Charles Taylor, Met Opera baritone (WSNY Robert Lauch Award recipient, 2004).

Tannhäuser Seminar
2004-12-05 00:00
“Tannhäuser Seminar” Speakers: Prof. Robert Bailey, Prof. Stephen R. Cerf, Joe Pearce; Met Cast Roundtable, hosted by Robert J. Sweeney), moderator: Michelle DeYoung, Mark Lundberg (Tannhäuser cover), Charles Taylor (Biterolf). Production panel discussion, hosted by Peter Allen: Phoebe Berkowitz (Tannhäuser stage director), Steve Brown (Met company manager), Diana Levy (ballet director), Sylvia Nolan (costume director).

The Not Too Long and Somewhat Strange Story of How Dvorak Came to Choose Wagner over Brahms
2004-11-23 00:00
Prof. Michael Beckerman, lecturer. “The Not Too Long and Somewhat Strange Story of How Dvorak Came to Choose Wagner over Brahms. Celebration of the centennial of Dvorak’s death”

United are Love and Spring
2004-10-15 00:00
Dr. Oswald Georg Bauer, lecturer. “United are Love and Spring.”

Bayreuth 2004
2004-09-22 00:00
“Bayreuth 2004” Visuals, tapes, and panel discussion by attendees: Felicia Bonaparte, Eugene Brister, Verena Kossodo, and Thurmond Smithgall. Moderator: F. Peter Phillips.

Met Ring Reception
2004-05-06 00:00, 2004-05-03 00:00, 2004-04-29 00:00, 2004-04-26 00:00
Hospitality Suites: Reception and boutique for Met Ring attendees.

Das Rheingold Seminar
2004-04-25 00:00
Das Rheingold Seminar. Speakers: Dr. Árni Björnsson, Prof. Patrick McCreless, Erick Neher, Joe Pearce, and Alan Wagner. Met Cast Roundtable: Yvonne Naef (Fricka), Philip Langridge (Loge) and Richard Paul Fink (Alberich). Moderator: Lew Grenville.

Siegfried Jerusalem Reception
2004-04-04 00:00
Reception in honor of Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor, for special contributor members.

Mini-Course on The Ring pt. 2
2004-03-24 00:00
Alan Wagner. Mini-course on the Ring. Co-sponsored by the Society and City University of New York Graduate Center.

Mini-Course on The Ring pt. 1
2004-03-17 00:00

Talk with Pierre Boulez
2004-02-10 00:00
Maestro Pierre Boulez. Interview and reception.

The Two Rings: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Wagner’s Ring Cycle
2004-01-14 00:00
Prof. Edward R. Haymes. “The Two Rings: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Wagner’s Ring Cycle.”

Holiday Musicale
2004-01-04 00:00
Holiday Musicale: Recital with Jennifer Wilson, soprano, and Roxanne Rowedder, mezzo; Thomas Bagwell, pianist.

Bass John Tomlinson Reception
2003-12-20 00:00
Reception in honor of John Tomlinson, bass, for special contributor members.

Berlioz and Wagner: Master Sculptor and Master Singer
2003-12-13 00:00
Prof. Hugh Macdonald. “Berlioz and Wagner: Master Sculptor and Master Singer.”

Adrienne Dugger Recital
2003-11-14 00:00
Adrienne Dugger, soprano; Craig Ketter, pianist. Recital, interview with slides of Der Fliegende Holländer (Bayreuth), and dinner.

Rienzi Talk
2003-11-07 00:00
Craig Knobles and Prof. Felicia Bonaparte. “ Rienzi.” Multimedia lecture on Rienzi in literature, art, and performance.

Tristan and the Mystic Experience
2003-10-02 00:00
Jeffrey Swann, Ph.D. “Tristan and the Mystic Experience.”

WSNY 25th Anniversary Gala
2002-06-14 00:00
Dinner and Entertainment: Reception, gourmet dinner, Overture to Tannhäuser danced by Jeanne Bresciani, highlights from the Society’s first quarter-century, honoring of charter members, photo displays, and silent auction. The Williams Club, 24 E39th St., 7:00 p.m.

Wagner’s Birthday Gala
2002-05-14 00:00
25th WSNY Anniversary Gala and Reception. Principals: Five singers (all Society grant awardees): Adrienne Dugger, Amanda Mace, Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, Clayton Brainerd, and Mark Nicolson; with Linda Hall (pianist); and Jeffrey Swann, pianist, performing Wagner transcriptions. Racquet Club 370 Park Ave., 7:00 p.m.

Was Wagner’s Ring a Classic… or a Romantic Work?
2002-04-19 00:00
Lecture by Jeffrey Buller, Ph.D., followed by book signing for his Classically Romantic: Classical Form and Meaning in Wagner’s Ring. Liederkranz Foundation, 7:30 p.m.

Longborough Festival Mini-Ring
2002-03-06 00:00
Longborough Festival Opera and Its Mini-Ring. Lecture with slides by Martin Graham (founder-director of the Longborough Festival Opera). Liederkranz Foundation, 7:30 p.m.

NY Phil Tristan
2002-02-09 00:00
Society group attendance at Philharmonic performance of Tristan und Isolde excerpts; Kurt Masur, conductor. Avery Fisher Hall, 8:00 p.m.

Schubert Liederabend
2002-01-15 00:00
Metropolitan Opera baritone Eike Wilm Schulte in a program of Schuber Lieder; Carrie-Ann Matheson (pianist). For special contributor members. Goethe-Institut, 7:00 p.m.

Anton Seidl Award
2002-01-07 00:00
The second presentation of the Anton Seidl Award. As the opening program of its 25th Anniversary Year, the Society presented its prestigious award jointly to Birgit Nilsson, soprano (in absentia) and to Jon Vickers, heldentenor (in person). Honorary Co-Chairmen: Mr. Peter Schori, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN, and Mr. Michael B. Phillips, Consul General, Canadian Consulate General, New York. Program included photo displays, audio highlights presented by Joe Pearce, video excerpts of performances, video clip of Birgit Nilsson’s appearance at James Levine’s 25th Anniversary gala, and a live interview with Mr. Vickers; Lew Grenville, interviewer. Scrolls were presented to Mr. Vickers and to Mignon Dunn (Met Opera mezzo-soprano and colleague of the awardees), accepting on behalf of Mme. Nilsson. New York Genealogical Society, 7:30 p.m.

The Convergence of Fantasy and Geography in Wagner
2001-12-11 00:00
“The Convergence of Fantasy and Geography in Wagner” – lecture by Prof. Rolf Sternberg, Montclair State University. At the Liederkranz Foundation, 7:30 p.m.
