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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Marcus Lobbes
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. This talk with Marcus Lobbes\, Curator and director of the Artistic and Technical Concept of ‘Ring 10010110’ – the 150th Anniversary Ring. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nAs Director of the Dortmund Academy\, Marcus Lobbes is in high demand locally\, nationally\, and internationally for lectures and panel discussions; he is particularly committed to fostering and promoting a wide variety of networks in the performing arts\, as well as communicating artistic research — in dialogue with the latest technologies — to theater and educational institutions\, policymakers\, and the general public. \nHe is also active on numerous committees\, boards of trustees\, and juries; for example\, since 2024 he has served as vice president of the German Academy of Performing Arts and as a member of the board of trustees of the Performing Arts Fund. \nSince 1995\, he has worked as a director\, set designer\, and writer in musical and spoken theater. His focus is on uncompromisingly contemporary adaptations of classics as well as numerous world premieres and first performances at many renowned theaters across Germany in over 80 productions to date\, including at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus\, the Frankfurt Opera\, the Hamburg Opera\, the National Theater Mannheim\, the State Theaters in Kassel\, Mainz\, Saarbrücken\, Darmstadt\, and Braunschweig\, the Schauspiel Dortmund\, the Theater Freiburg\, and the Wuppertaler Bühnen. \nHis artistic signature is characterized by innovative forms of collective work with ensembles and his close collaboration with contemporary writers and composers. In addition to numerous invitations and awards\, his approach is also finding its way into the training of young artists: \nSince 2014\, he has been invited as a guest lecturer and speaker to the Academy of Performing Arts in Ludwigsburg\, the Mozarteum in Salzburg\, the University of Rostock\, the University of Applied Sciences Mainz\, the Zurich University of the Arts\, the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK)\, the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf\, and\, since 2016\, annually to the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-marcus-lobbes/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Parsifal Lecture in Bayreuth: Thomas Launius
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-part lecture from Dr. Thomas Launius\, that includes a short break for a sandwich and soft-drink lunch. \n10:30am – 11:30am Part 1 Morning Session: Wagner’s Wolfram\n\n\n\n11:30am – 12:00 noon Lunch Break\n\n\n\n12:00pm – 1:00pm Part 2 Afternoon Session: You Become What You Reject\n\n\n\n\n  \nMorning Session: Wagner’s Wolfram — How a Medieval Grail Knight Became an Operatic Myth \n\n\nRichard Wagner didn’t simply adapt Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival — he dismantled it and rebuilt it according to a completely different logic. In this opening session\, mythologist and storyteller Dr. Thomas Launius applies the tools of the Historical-Critical Method to Wagner’s 1877 libretto\, tracing the specific decisions Wagner made in transforming characters\, compressing settings\, and fundamentally reconceiving the Grail itself. What emerges is not just a source comparison\, but a portrait of a composer working as a mythmaker — selectively suppressing\, amplifying\, and reinventing his medieval inheritance to produce something that exceeds its sources in every direction. Listeners familiar with the opera will find the work defamiliarized in productive ways; those new to the medieval tradition will discover that Wagner’s Parsifal is\, among other things\, a brilliant act of creative concealment. \n\n\nAfternoon Session: You Become What You Reject — How Wagner Built the Structure and Brought the Fire \n\n\nHaving dismantled Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval epic\, Wagner faced a formidable challenge: what he had left lacked structure and momentum. In this afternoon session\, Dr. Thomas Launius uses the Historical-Critical Method to reveal how Wagner reached into the deep riches of the European fairy tale tradition. Drawing on ancient narrative patterns\, Wagner found the structural spine and the energetic engine his opera required. The result is a work of extraordinary compositional intelligence — one in which a single bewitched figure connects every character in the drama\, and a single moral test is deployed four times with escalating intensity\, each more demanding than the last. And a delicious irony is revealed: in the very act of rejecting Wolfram\, Wagner became more like Wolfram than Wolfram himself ever could have been. \n\n\n\nThomas Launius was born into a military family and spent his early years living in England\, Germany\, Japan\, and the United States. He came of age in Louisiana\, earning a degree in Physics from Louisiana State University alongside a minor in Vocal Performance. Trained as a tenor\, he sang in university and regional opera productions for five years before turning to the academic study of story\, symbol\, and myth. He later earned a doctorate in Mythology and spent over three decades as a professional storyteller\, speaker\, and mentor working at the intersection of narrative\, meaning\, and human transformation. \n\n\nIn 2017\, Thomas fulfilled a lifelong dream by relocating to Bavaria\, not far from Munich. Since 2019\, he has worked as a professional tour guide specialising in historically rich and mythologically resonant experiences throughout Munich\, Salzburg\, and especially Neuschwanstein Castle — the fairytale fortress built by King Ludwig II as a living tribute to Richard Wagner and his operas. \n\n\nHis encounter with Wagner through Neuschwanstein opened into a sustained scholarly engagement with Wagner’s work\, and particularly with Parsifal. Applying the Historical-Critical Method — the rigorous interpretive framework developed by German biblical scholars and since extended across literary and cultural analysis — Thomas brings source criticism\, redaction criticism\, and social-historical analysis to bear on Wagner’s libretto\, situating the opera within the full depth of its medieval sources\, its 19th-century intellectual context\, and its ongoing challenge to 21st-century audiences. His work draws on the mythological scholarship of Paul Ricoeur\, Max Lüthi\, and Joachim Kaiser\, among others\, and is animated by the conviction that genuine critical understanding deepens rather than diminishes our encounter with great art. \nThomas is a member of the Munich Wagner Society — the München Wagner Verband\, the second oldest Wagner Society in the world — and lectures to Wagner Societies internationally. \n  \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $25 in advance online. A sandwich and soft-drink lunch is included. Pre-registration is required\, and ends on August 13.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/parsifal-lecture-in-bayreuth-thomas-launius/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Bayreuth,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Mika Kares
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. This event presents Mika Kares\, singing Fasolt in Das Rheingold\, Hunding in Die Walküre\, and Hagen in Götterdämmerung\, as well as Daland in Der fliegende Holländer. In 2025 Mr. Kares also sang Heinrich der Vogler in Lohengrin. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers\, share insights into their roles and creative processes\, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting\, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage\, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music. \nMika Kares has established himself as one of today’s internationally most sought-after basses. His vast repertoire covers all the great Italian and German composers such as Verdi\, Wagner and Mozart\, in addition to the most important roles of the slavic and Finnish tradition. \nDistinguished by his colourful bass voice\, Kares regularly guests at the most renowned houses and festivals worldwide and has worked with conductors including Christian Thielemann\, Simone Young\, Teodor Currentzis\, Nikolaus Harnoncourt\, Fabio Luisi\, Marc Minkowski\, Zubin Mehta\, Riccardo Muti\, Franz Welser-Möst\, Sebastian Weigle\, François-Xavier Roth\, Klaus Mäkelä\, Kent Nagano\, Kirill Petrenko\, Marco Armiliato\, Thomas Guggeis and Tarmo Peltokoski. \nRecent seasons’ opera highlights include i.a. Hagen/Götterdämmerung at the Bayreuth Festival\, the Vienna State Opera and Berlin State Opera (where he also sang Fasolt and Hunding\, as well as Vodník/Rusalka\, Ivan/Khovanshchina and Zaccaria/Nabucco in new productions)\, Bluebeard/Bluebeard’s Castle at the Salzburg Festival\, Sarastro/Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Munich’s Bavarian State Opera\, Il Commendatore/Don Giovanni at The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Salzburg and Savonlinna Festivals\, Daland/The Flying Dutchman at the Lyric Opera\, Fafner/Das Rheingold and Jacopo Fiesco/Simon Boccanegra at the Opéra National de Paris\, King Heinrich/Lohengrin\, King Marke/Tristan und Isolde\, Padre Guardiano/La forza del destino and Balthazar/La Favorite at the Bavarian State Opera\, Gremin/Eugene Onegin at the Vienna State Opera\, Landgraf Hermann/Tannhäuser at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Zurich Opera\, Zaccaria/Nabucco at Deutsche Oper Berlin\, Inquisitor/The Fiery Angel at Teatro Real de Madrid\, Great Inquisitor/Don Carlo at Teatro alla Scala\, and Ramfis/Aida at Théâtre Royale de La Monnaie in Brussels\, as well as the monumental Finnish roles of Antti/The Horseman (A. Sallinen) at the Finnish National Opera and Paavo/The Last Temptations (J. Kokkonen) at Opera Tampere and the Savonlinna Opera Festival\, where he recently also made his debut as Boris Godunow. \nIn addition\, Mika Kares is very sought after as a concert singer\, his broad repertoire including key works such as Mozart’s Requiem\, Rossini’s Stabat Mater\, Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 and Missa Solemnis\, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem\, Mahler’s Symphony No 8\, as well as Shostakovich’s Symphonies No 13 and 14. \nIn the upcoming 2026-27 season Kares will be back in Paris for the fourth and final instalment of Bieito’s RING\, Götterdämmerung\, performing his signature role Hagen\, followed by two complete cycles. Subsequently\, he will return to the Royal Opera House as Hagen for the final part of Barrie Kosky’s RING. In addition\, he will be going on a RING concert tour with Opernhaus Zürich as Fasolt/Hunding/Hagen with performances at the Paris Philharmonie and the New York Carnegie Hall. \nThis in-person-only event will take place at the Arvena Kongress Hotel in Bayreuth\, Germany. \nTickets are $15 in advance online\, €15 cash or credit card at the door. \nGet the Series: all six artists talks for $60 (a $30 savings). Pre-purchase is recommended to expedite entry and seating.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-mika-kares/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Rienzi Farewell Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Join Bayreuth attendees for a final lunch on Monday\, 17 August before the end of the Festival. We’ve got a large table reserved at Oskar: Das Wirtshaus am Markt in the heart of the old city and a reliable provider of traditional Bavarian fare. Enjoy a refreshing Weissbier or lemonade\, and wrestle with a Schweinshaxe while discussing Ring 10010110\, the Bayreuth experience\, and the highly anticipated Rienzi production. We’re keeping this lunch strictly from 11:30 a.m. till 1:30 p.m. in order to give everyone time to change before the 4:00 performance. Guests are of course responsible for their own checks. \nRSVP by Friday\, 14 August at 12:00 noon CEST. If the event is full\, submit your name and e-mail address in the form below to be added to the waitlist and be notified by e-mail of any openings.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/rienzi-farewell-luncheon/
LOCATION:Oskar: Das Wirtshaus am Markt\, Maximilianstraße 33\, Bayreuth\, Bayern\, 95444\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Bayreuth,Reception
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T220000
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SUMMARY:Rienzi in HD
DESCRIPTION:Rienzi\, Wagner’s third opera\, was once his greatest success. The story of the Roman tribune combines rise and fall\, private tragedy and public vision. The original score is considered lost. This rarely performed work serves as a link between Grand Opéra and music drama\, with orchestral power and emotional depth. The performance in Bayreuth is a unique opportunity to rediscover Wagner’s early triumph – where it has never been heard before. \nFor the third consecutive year\, WSNY continues bringing Bayreuth premieres to our members as an HD cinema experience. \nTickets will be available to Members Only in August 2026. \nThe screening will take place over two nights (Monday 15 September and Tuesday 16 September) and shown in two parts.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/rienzi-in-hd/2026-09-15/
LOCATION:Dolby Screening Room\, 1350 Avenue of the Americas\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bayreuth,Film Screening
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T220000
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SUMMARY:Rienzi in HD
DESCRIPTION:Rienzi\, Wagner’s third opera\, was once his greatest success. The story of the Roman tribune combines rise and fall\, private tragedy and public vision. The original score is considered lost. This rarely performed work serves as a link between Grand Opéra and music drama\, with orchestral power and emotional depth. The performance in Bayreuth is a unique opportunity to rediscover Wagner’s early triumph – where it has never been heard before. \nFor the third consecutive year\, WSNY continues bringing Bayreuth premieres to our members as an HD cinema experience. \nTickets will be available to Members Only in August 2026. \nThe screening will take place over two nights (Monday 15 September and Tuesday 16 September) and shown in two parts.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/rienzi-in-hd/2026-09-16/
LOCATION:Dolby Screening Room\, 1350 Avenue of the Americas\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bayreuth,Film Screening
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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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