Join WSNY members and other English-speakers for a post-Walküre performance dinner outdoors at the Italian restaurant Bürgerreuth, a 5-minute walk from the Festspielhaus.
Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Wednesday, 21 August we welcome bass Tobias Kehrer, who will be performing Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried and Titurel in Parsifal. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.
Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Tuesday, 20 August we welcome bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee, who will be performing Donner in Das Rheingold. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.
Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Monday, 19 August we welcome conductor Simone Young, who will be conducting the Ring Cycle at this year's festival. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.
A new production premiere, streamed for the first time in New York City: join us for the Bayreuth Festival's opening night. On Thursday, July 25 in Bayreuth, Germany, an eagerly-anticipated new Tristan und Isolde will premiere. Just nine hours later, we'll re-stream the performance in High-Definition video in a luxurious, modern movie theatre in Lower Manhattan.
An event to celebrate the life of Stephen Gould and the publication of his book Performing Wagner: A Singer's Perspective on the Major Roles. Co-author Peter Phillips will relate how the book took form and lead a discussion on some of the many interesting insights that Gould offers on Wagner's heroic characters.
Join other Wagner Society members for a private backstage tour of the Metropolitan Opera. All proceeds will be directed to the Society's Singers Fund.
An exploration of recent works of interest to queer Wagnerians and the homosexuality of key people in Wagner’s circle (such as King Ludwig II and Wagner’s son Siegfried), Wagner’s fetishes with respect to satin and perfume, the unorthodox sexual relationships and ethics in Wagner’s life and works, and LGBTQ+ devotees to Wagner’s operas from the 19th century to today.
Join WSNY Members and Guests for a post-performance brunch at 9 Mile Station, a rooftop restaurant at Ponce City Market in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. Enjoy a casual meet-up to discuss Die Walküre and take in the sweeping views of the Atlanta Skyline.
WSNY Members may join board members and donors of The Atlanta Opera for pre-performance hors d'œuvres and tapas, then cocktails and desserts at intermission, and a post-performance champagne toast for the April 27 performance of Die Walküre.
Special events around the April 27, 2024 performance of Die Walküre at Atlanta Opera
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 - […]