Resources

Met Cast Roundtable: Tannhäuser soloists in conversation at the Tannhäuser Seminar, Wagner Society of New York, Dec. 10, 2023: Elza van den Heever (Elisabeth), Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus), Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgraf Hermann), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram von Eschenbach), David Shengold (moderator).

Met Orchestra Musicians in conversation at the Tannhäuser Seminar, Wagner Society of New York, Dec. 10, 2023: Wen Qian (violin), Hannah Cope Johnson (principal harp), Anton Rist (principal clarinet), Anne Scharer (French horn), David Shengold (moderator).

This talk by Marian Burleigh-Motley, PhD and Metropolitan Museum of Art lecturer (retired), featured extensive illustrations, plus songs by Debussy and Wagner performed by Amy Shoremount-Obra (WSNY awardee and recitalist), was streamed via YouTube on Friday June 25, 2021.

Ms. Brown was WSNY’s 2018 Robert Lauch Memorial Fund Awardee, and was an ensemble soloist in the Met’s recent production of Porgy and Bess. She has performed throughout the US. Ms. Brown was accompanied by Bradley Moore, a renowned piano soloist and recital partner.

Maestro Queler, founder and director of Opera Orchestra of New York, conducted Rienzi in New York and Washington, DC from 1980 to 2012. With photos and clips, including Jeremy Brauner (tenor soloist from Stephen Gould’s Masterclass) performing “Allmächt’ger Vater” and Mary Ann Stewart (soprano, and 2012 cover for Adriano) performing “Gerechter Gott.” Produced and hosted by Scott Carlton, WSNY’s Artistic Director of Singers’ Programs.

Rimsky-Korsakov and The Invisible City of Kitezh, a lecture presented by Professor Harlow Robinson, premiered by WSNY of February 28, 2021, is now available on WSNY’s YouTube Channel.

Victoria Bond, composer, conductor/music director, “Der fliegende Holländer: New Perspectives and Productions”

Jeffrey Swann, Ph.D., Concert Pianist and Professor, NYU, “Wagner Discovers Beethoven: A new understanding, revolutionized in Der fliegende Holländer”.

Hans Rudolf Vaget, Prof. Emeritus of German Studies, Smith College, “Der fliegende Holländer: The Jewish Connection: Wagner and Heinrich Heine”

Peter Bloom, Prof. of Humanities, Emeritus, Smith College, “Der fliegende Holländer: The French Connection”

Joe Pearce, President, Vocal Record Collectors Society, “Sentas: Known and Unknown” (with images; introduced by Mr. Pearce and Mr. Phillips. Click here for Mr. Pearce’s detailed notes.)

Addition to the Session 1 program! Interview with two cast members: Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) and David Portillo (Steersman). To be interviewed by F. Peter Phillips.

Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Wagner (from Tristan, Act II).