“The Norns and the Magic of Time.”
presentation by Jeffrey Swann
presentation by Jeffrey Swann
Jennifer B. Lee, curator: Unique Materials in the Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library (exhibit and talk), followed by lunch.
Suzanne Hendrix, mezzo (WSNY?Robert Lauch Endowed Fund awardee), and Carami Hilaire, soprano (WSNY?awardee), with reception.
Bayreuth Festival Highlights: German Bravo-Casas on Siegfried Wagner’s life and career; John Muller on the new production of Tannhäuser ; Scott Carlton on the anniversary of Wolfgang Wagner’s birth and his years as Director of the Bayreuth Festival.
Eve Queler on Conducting Wagner, with booksigning of her memoir A View from the Podium.
Francesca Zambello and Die Feen, with cast members and production team scheduled for The Glimmerglass Festival.
Reception in honor of Stephen Gould, heldentenor (appearing with NY Philharmonic), with interview.
Saul Lilienstein: “Wagner and Brahms: The War of the Romantics.”
Film of Der fliegende Holländer, directed by Joachim Herz, with introduction by Hilan Warshaw.
40th Annual Seminar Part 1: Hans Rudolf Vaget, Prof. Emeritus of German Studies, Smith College, “Der fliegende Holländer: The Jewish Connection: Wagner and Heinrich Heine” Peter Bloom, Prof. of Humanities, […]
The Wagner Society of New York and Powerhouse Arena book store presented the Official U.S. Launch of Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross in […]
Alex Ross in conversation with Prof. Heath Lees (in New Zealand) on Ross' recent book.