Resources

Videos

WSNY’s Seminar/Webinar on Der fliegende Holländer – Session One

January 10, 2021

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.

A New Year’s Concert by Jeffrey Swann

January 10, 2021

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

Masterclass with international Heldentenor Stephen Gould

December 11, 2020

Stephen Gould coaches three rising tenors in six excerpts from Wagner repertoire, is now available on WSNY’s YouTube Channel.

Conversation with Alex Ross and Heath Lees

November 19, 2020

Ross’s acclaimed new book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Wagner.