It's a pleasure to seek out Wagner-related events and streamings and share them with you, for our e-blasts and for the next issue of Wagner Notes. Here is the latest update:

OPERA America has excellent links for all operatic events, streaming live or on demand. Also see the useful Bachtrack weekly newsletter. useful information is available on their website. The International Association of Wagner Societies (RWVI) website has a wealth of information.

Here are the latest updates:

• Angela Gheorghiu recital: Feb 21, 2021, 3:00 pm EST: MetOrchestra Musicians will present soprano Angela Gheorghiu in concert in Bucharest. The MET Orchestra Musicians will collaborate from NYC via technology. Dvořák’s  "Song to the Moon" (Rusalka) in an arrangement for soprano and bass quintet; also: "Our Father" by Anton Pann – a tribute to nine MET Orchestra musicians who have retired during the pandemic. Followed by a live chat session. See: Metorchestramusicians.
• Met Opera Artists will present live, socially-distanced concerts at Arts on Site. Showcases will take place on March 6 and 7, with a limited number of audience members, and with socially distanced measures. Details to be verified.
• Glimmerglass Festival is planning their summer offerings, to be performed out of doors, with a new physical setting ("special re-imaginings") and safety protocols for artists, staff, and visitors. Operas not yet announced.
• Lisa Davidsen, Norwegian soprano and Elisabeth in Bayreuth (2020 and 2021), will release a new album in March 2021 on Decca Classics. Composers: Beethoven, Cherubini, Mascagni, Verdi, and Wagner ("Wesendonck Lieder").
• "Parsifal in the Cathedral": Günther Groissböck (bass) and Manfred Schiebel (organ). Feb. 18, 2:30 pm EST, free live stream. Vienna  (St. Stephen's) Cathedral Concerts in Lockdown.  Note other upcoming events. https://radioklassik.at/wiener-dom-konzerte.
• BBC Radio 3 broadcasts the 2018 Royal Opera Ring Cycle (Keith Warner production, 2007 and 2012) on Feb. 17 (2:00 pm EST); 18, 19, and 20 (12:00 noon EST). Production was reviewed in Wagner Notes, Dec. 2018 issue. Streaming? not known. Click here for more information.
• Siegfried at Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain. Feb. 13, 17,  21, 25; March 1, 5, 11, and 14. 10:30 am EST. Robert Carsen's production, which premiered in Cologne. Cast includes A. Schager, T. Konieczny, R. Merbeth. Streaming? not known.
• Todo Wagner con Goerne & Pons (from Jan. 29, 2021), Coliseum de A Coruña, Spain. Free streaming starts Feb. 13. Title is the link.
• 2021 Mahler Festival in Amsterdam is canceled. Several orchestras had been scheduled at the Royal Concertgebouw.

Wagner societies are offering many events. Please see our Links page for access to these societies. The January-February schedule includes these events presented by

• Wagner Society of Northern California
  • Feb 20: "...Wagner's 'Beethoven' Essay of 1870": Prof. Katherine Syer. Click here for Registration.
• Triangle Wagner Society (https://www.trianglewagnersociety.com):
  • Feb. 21: Mark Evan Bonds on Beethoven to Wagner
• Wagner Society of Southern California, see www.wagnersociety.us:
  • Feb. 28:  "Documentary: Karajan: Beauty as I See It"
• Wagner Society of the Upper Midwest, see  www.wagnertc.org/ presents three conversations:
  • William Berger, Sun., Feb. 21, 12:00 noon EST: "Racism in Wagner"
  • Fri March 29, 6:00 pm EST: Christine Goerke
  • Sun., May 23, 1:00 pm EST: Andrew Whitfield: "Wagner, The Revolutionary." Also presenting musical programs, with St. Croix Valley Opera. 
• Wagner Society (London, U.K.): calendar of 7 virtual Zoom events from January through July 2021 have been announced. Feb. events include: Eva Randova, Stephen Brown, Petra Lang, Sir Graham Vick, Jane Eaglen. See complete listing and book on their website: https://wagnersociety.org/
• Wagner Society Manchester: see http://wagnersocietymanchester.org.uk/. Feb. 22: "Adrian Boult and Wagner - What Might Have Been."

Wagner operas streaming: (EST times)

• Lyric Opera of Chicago (LIVE!)
  • Twilight: Gods : Lyric Opera of Chicago: April 28, 30, and May 2. Drive-through opera as previously staged at Michigan Opera Theatre. Details to come. 
• Festival at Aix-en-Provence in 2021 (June 30 - July 25) includes a new production of Tristan und Isolde featuring Stuart Skelton, Nina Stemme and Jamie Barton. Subscriptions will go on sale on Feb. 5, with single tickets going on sale on Feb. 19. 

Other available streamings include:

• Die Feen, Wagner's first opera, was scheduled at The Glimmerglass Festival this summer; a sad loss. However, a delightful half-hour animation, with Eric Owens narrating, is now available on the Special Topics page on this website.
• The Metropolitan Opera continues streaming anarchival opera each evening, accessible from their website home page. Many Wagner performances have been presented and we look forward to more.
• Vienna State Opera makes available classic performances via daily streaming, including all of their 2015 Ring Cycle. Learn more here.
• Oper Frankfurt: for more information on their exciting and innovative productions, click here.
• Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Click here for more.
• OperaVision provides free live and archival video streaming of opera performances from all over Europe, in venues large and small. For more info, and to add your email address to their email list, go here.
• YouTube has many offerings, including entertaining listening from WSNY's own library of programs and interviews, available here.
• Also on YouTube, check out La Fenice on You Tube - snippets.
• Facebook also has many direct links to streaming videos of past performances, presented by opera companies from around the world.
• Opera America: a wide-ranging list. Something for everyone. See: https://operaamerica.org/applications/schedule/index.aspx.