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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Georg Zeppenfeld
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. 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. \nGeorg Zeppenfeld\, a renowned bassist from Attendorn in Westphalia\, embarked on his musical journey with a dual major in Music and German Studies. Concurrently\, he honed his skills in concert and operatic singing at the prestigious music conservatories in Detmold and Cologne\, culminating in comprehensive training under the guidance of Hans Sotin. His repertoire encompasses notable roles from both the Italian and German vocal traditions. Since 2010\, he has been a regular guest at the Bayreuth Festival\, where he compellingly embodies the most significant roles within his vocal range. \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-georg-zeppenfeld/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Michael Volle
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. 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. \nMichael Volle‘s exceptional vocal talent and powerful stage presence have established the German baritone as one of the most sought-after singers of his generation. Inspired by his teachers Josef Metternich and Rudolf Piernay\, he has conquered the stages of the world’s most prestigious opera houses as a heroic baritone\, while never losing his passion for the more intimate concert and song repertoire. \nAfter early engagements in Mannheim\, Bonn\, Düsseldorf\, and Cologne\, he became a member of the ensembles at the Zurich Opera House and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich\, where the foundation was laid for an acclaimed international career. This career has since taken him as a guest artist to all major international opera stages\, including the opera houses in Berlin\, the State Operas of Hamburg\, Dresden\, Munich\, and Vienna\, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden\, the Opéra National de Paris\, London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden\, the Teatro Real in Madrid\, the Liceu in Barcelona\, La Scala in Milan\, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York\, as well as to the Bregenz\, Salzburg Festivals\, and the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth. \nMichael Volle has earned particular renown as an interpreter of Richard Wagner’s works. Among his most important roles are Wotan/Wanderer in Wagner’s Ring Cycle and Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In addition\, the roles of Richard Strauss and the major baritone parts of the Italian repertoire\, especially those by Giuseppe Verdi\, form a central focus of his artistic work. In the 2024/25 season\, he appeared in new productions of Rheingold\, Walküre\, and Siegfried at La Scala in Milan (directed by David McVicar)\, where the Ring has been completed in the 2025/26 season with two complete cycles. The Vienna State Opera also remains a regular fixture in his calendar; this season he appeared there in two Ring cycles. In November 2025\, he returned to the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden in the title role of Falstaff\, having already appeared there as Wotan/Wanderer in September 2025\, and he took on the role of Mandryka (Arabella) at the Zurich Opera House. The season concludes with the 150th anniversary of the Bayreuth Festival\, where he will perform in two Ring cycles and take on the role of Amfortas in Parsifal. \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. \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/bayreuth-artist-talk-volle/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Christa Mayer
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. 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. \nChrista Mayer received her vocal training at the Bavarian Singers’ Academy and the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts\, where she graduated in 2001 with a master class diploma. While still a student\, she received several awards\, including prizes at the International ARD Music Competition and from the Richard Strauss Society Munich. The Bayreuth Festival holds a special place in her career. In 2008\, under the direction of Christian Thielemann\, she made her debut on the “Green Hill” singing Erda and Waltraute. Since then\, the Bayreuth Festival has been a permanent fixture in her calendar\, where she has also performed roles such as Brangäne\, Fricka\, Waltraute\, and Magdalene. \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-christa-mayer/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth Artist Talk: Camilla Nylund
DESCRIPTION:Join us in 2026 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series\, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. 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. \nAfter being a troupe member in Hanover and at the Semperoper Dresden\, Camilla Nylund is now one of the internationally most sought-after singers in her field and is a regular guest at all major opera houses – at the Vienna State Opera\, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich\, the Metropolitan Opera New York\, La Scala di Milano\, the Paris Bastille\, the Berlin and Hamburg State Operas\, the Deutsche Oper Berlin\, at the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals\, in Barcelona\, Valencia\, Zurich\, Helsinki\, Cologne\, Frankfurt\, Amsterdam\, Tokyo\, San Francisco. \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-camilla-nylund/
LOCATION:Arvena Kongress Hotel\, Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a\, Bayreuth\, 95445\, Germany
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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: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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