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:

• 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").
• Lyric Opera of Chicago: 2017 Die Walküre streaming (Christine Goerke and Eric Owens), week of March 15 (check their website for exact schedule)
• Lyric Opera of Chicago: Twilight: Gods, the final chapter of the Ring, directed by Y. Sharon, new narrative poetry by Avery R. Young, April 28, April 30, May 2. Drive-through in Millennium Park Parking Garage. Tickets: $125 per car. Subscribers and donors have first option. Cast announced except for Brünnhilde (C. Goerke performed it in Detroit.)
• Glimmerglass on the Grass. The Glimmerglass Festival has announced summer 2021 plans: July 16 – August 17. New outdoor stage, divided squares on the lawn, 90-minute re-imagined performances of opera and musical theater, plus "Gods and Mortals": selections from Wagner operas, including Die Feen (which was scheduled for 2020): E. Owens, A. Shiner, and I. Koziara. See their website for details.
• Deutsche Oper Berlin: Siegfried. Premiere: April 18, 2021. Conductor: Sir D. Runnicles; Director: S. Herheim. Siegfried: C. Hilley (WSNY awardee), replacing S. O'Neill; Brünnhilde: N. Stemme.  Additional dates TBA.
• Munich (Bayerische Staatsoper) Summer Festival: Tickets go on sale in early March, including for Tristan.
• Glyndebourne: Tristan: semi-staged with full orchestra. Aug. 13–28. Details in Feb. 24 e-blast.
• A new production of Tristan und Isolde is scheduled at Festival at Aix-en-Provence from June 30 through July 25, 2021, featuring Stuart Skelton, Nina Stemme and Jamie Barton. Subscriptions will go on sale on February 5, with single tickets going on sale on February 19. 
• Tristan (Act II) is also schedule at the Verbier Festival on July 23.
• Longborough Festival Opera: Die Walküre. June 1–14; details in Feb. 24 e-blast.
• Brisbane (Australia) Ring: October-November 2021, not 2022 (error in January issue of Wagner Notes). Conductor: Philippe Auguin, Director: Chen Shi-Zheng. His global vision imagines a parallel universe with many cultures walking together, towering digital panels, astonishing costumes and props.
• New Ring Cycle in London and NYC: English National Opera and The Metropolitan Opera will co-produce the Ring Cycle. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins (ENO's music director), Director: Richard Jones. It will begin at the London Coliseum this autumn with Die Walküre. Wotan: Matthew Rose. ENO is an English-language company. Next: Das Rheingold in 2022-23.

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 the Upper Midwest, see  www.wagnertc.org/ presents three conversations:
  • Friday, March 29, 6:00 pm EST: Christine Goerke
  • Sunday, 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/.

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.