In 2013, WSNY bestowed the prestigious Anton Seidl award to the entire Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, in recognition of their excellence in the performance of Wagner's music. Today we are pleased to announce a donation from the Society of $5,000 to MET Orchestra Musicians, in continued gratitude and solidarity during the pandemic. We can't wait to hear them again!

Click on the above title to read this review of the December 2020 concert presentation of Wagner's Ring by Paris Opéra Bastille.

Click on the title above for the latest update of selected streamings of Wagner's music and other events of interest to our members.

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Click on the title above to view Simon Williams' review of Wagnerism in the October 2020 issue of Wagner Notes: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music.

Full Otto Schenk Ring Cycle filmed in 1989-90; Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal all this week! Click on the title above for more.

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Bayreuth Festival Time, now also on DG Premium – an embarrassment of (virtual) riches. In addition to the programs from earlier Bayreuth Festivals on BR Klassik and 3-sat, the Festival has also teamed up with Deutsche Gramophon to present the Castorf and Chéreau Rings, along with Kosky's Meistersinger, Kratzer's Tannhäuser, Sharon's Lohengrin and Laufenberg's Parsifal. Click the title above to learn more.

In this non-performance era, there is much news for Wagnerians. Here, we would especially like to call your attention to several events sponsored by Wagner organizations in the U.S. Click the title above for more information.

See video for both Sessions. Click the title above for more information!

Two Commemorations of the 150th Year of Mahler’s Birth and 100th Year of his Death -- click on the title above for more information!

Starting on Wednesday May 7nbat 7:30 pm EDT, the concert pianist and eminent Wagner analyst, Maestro Jeffrey Swann, will present a talk on the "Immolation Scene" from  The Ring.

Delve into allsixteen hours of Opera North's Ring Cycle. Click on the title of this article to learn more!

The Metropolitan Opera has performed Parsifal many times during Easter week. During our enforced isolation, there are several companies that are streaming performances from their video archives. Click on the article title above to get performances and dates.

WNSY Members get 15% off tickets to Die Feen!

Our latest update of 2020-2021 performances, performers and creative team (if known) of Wagner operas on these shores.

Online immediate procurement starts on March 29, 2020