Opening the WSNY Season: Summer Festivals Roundup (Bayreuth, Munich Bayerische Staatsoper, Sofia). Members and students: free; Non-members: $10.00. No advance reservations needed.

Moderator: John J.H. Muller, Bayreuth Lecturer

Opening Remarks: "Flying Dutchmen and Holy Fools in Munich and Bayreuth": William Germano

• Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich): Ring revival; new Parsifal production, Kirill Petrenko, conductor: "molten, combustible, an eruption of color" – David Allen, The New York Times, Aug. 12, 2018
• Bayreuth's new Logengrin production: "stealthily radical 'Lohengrin'" – Alex Ross, The New Yorker, Aug. 20, 2018

Cash bar and social hour follows program