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SUMMARY:Wagner/Brahms: Music\, Culture\, and Politics
DESCRIPTION:Wagner/Brahms: Music\, Culture\, and Politics: A comparative study of two paragons of 19th century German romanticism. \nThis lecture will explore the relationship between two figures who were arguably the most important German composers of the late nineteenth century. Although early on Wagner and Brahms had several positive interactions and even expressed mutual admiration\, the two composers became caught up in a broader culture war\, pitted against each other by their respective followers. In this conflict\, Wagner was often depicted as modern and progressive and Brahms as backward-looking and conservative. But their musical languages\, as well as their cultural and political values\, suggest the opposite may be the case. \nAbout the speaker: Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University in New York\, where he has taught since 1982.  He has also been a guest professor at the University of Freiburg in Germany\, Yale University\, Princeton University\, and the University of Pennsylvania and has lectured on music throughout the United States\, and in England\, France\, Spain\, Germany\, and China. \nProfessor Frisch is a specialist in the music of composers from the Austro-German sphere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, ranging from Schubert to Schoenberg.  He has written numerous articles and two books on Brahms\, including Brahms and the Principle of Developing Variation (1984) and Brahms: the Four Symphonies (1996\, 2003).  He served as editor of the volume Brahms and His World (1990\, 2009) and was the founding president of the American Brahms Society in 1983.  He is the co-author\, with George S. Bozarth\, of the Brahms article in the second edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2000). Professor Frisch’s publications on Schoenberg include the book The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg\, 1893-1908 (1993) and the edited volume Schoenberg and His World (1999).  He also edited and contributed to a volume on Schubert’s music\, Schubert: Critical and Analytical Studies (1986). His book German Modernism: Music and the Arts (2005) investigates the relationships between music and its cultural context in Austria and Germany during the period 1880-1915. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nLocation: NOTE CHANGE: this event will take place in the Rehearsal Hall on the 7th floor of the National Opera Center\, to the left as one enters at reception.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/wagner-brahms-music-culture-and-politics/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Jeffrey Swann on the Music of the Ring
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special event celebrating the release of The Music of the Ring: A Comprehensive Study of the Leitmotives and How They Are Used in Der Ring des Nibelungen. This monumental book—nearly 750 pages—offers an unparalleled deep dive into Wagner’s use of leitmotif\, analyzing thousands of individual moments and hundreds of thematic phrases. With its meticulous detail and structural insights\, it promises to become an essential resource for scholars\, performers\, and seriously engaged listeners alike. For this event\, Swann will give his talk from the piano\, illustrating key musical passages by playing them live at the keyboard. \nThe author\, Jeffrey Swann\, brings extraordinary expertise to the project. A celebrated American pianist and internationally renowned Wagner scholar\, Swann has performed and lectured widely—from solo recitals with top orchestras in the U.S.\, Europe\, Latin America and Asia\, to lecture‑recitals at the Bayreuth Festival and numerous Wagner Society events. Swann’s dual identity as performer and scholar allows him to illuminate deeply musical and dramatic structures—from the introduction: \n“Ultimately\, this work rests on a paradox: it pinpoints in detail thousands of individual moments and analyzes hundreds of short phrases. Its value\, on the other hand\, lies in deepening and enhancing our appreciation of The Ring as a whole: to gain a better sense of its narrative and musical sweep\, to understand its dynamic unity\, it many structural features–and in the end\, to gain deeper insights into its meanings.” \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. \nThe program will be preceded by a brief Annual Membership Meeting. The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to elect the 2026-27 Board of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Your vote is needed! Members of record will receive proxy forms by postal and email or can download here. \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/jeffrey-swann-on-the-music-of-the-ring/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Ryan Speedo Green in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special evening with Grammy Award–winning bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green\, currently starring in the title role of Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera. In conversation with dramaturg Cori Ellison\, Mr. Green will discuss his career\, artistic path\, and upcoming major roles\, including King Marke in Tristan und Isolde\, Crown in Porgy and Bess\, and Wotan in Die Walküre. \nNamed “the real showstopper” by the New York Times\, Green is one of opera’s most acclaimed bass-baritones\, regularly performing at leading opera houses and orchestras around the world\, including the Metropolitan Opera\, Bayerische Staatsoper\, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Known for both his powerful stage presence and vocal artistry\, Green continues to expand his repertoire with critically acclaimed debuts in both classic and contemporary works. \nProgram Change: This event replaces the “Hitler’s Twilight of the Gods: Teutonic Aesthetics and the Statecraft of the Third Reich” book talk with author Alexandra Birch. \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/ryan-speedo-green-in-conversation/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T190000
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SUMMARY:Reports from Bayreuth: Meistersinger Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Our annual event highlighting the summer festival season\, this year we devote our program to the Bayreuth Festival’s new production premiere: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg directed by Matthias Davids. Join us in a panel discussion discussing this work in context with those who attended the Festival\, examining how the musical and dramatic interpretation reframe Meistersinger within today’s cultural landscape\, sparking debate about tradition\, innovation\, and Wagner’s enduring relevance. \nWe’ll begin with insights from our two scholarship winners\, who will share their experiences attending the Festival this summer. The program continues with a panel discussion on the new Meistersinger von Nürnberg production: a staging by Matthias Davids that has sparked widespread conversation. The conversation will examine what makes a production “Wagnerian\,” how effective the comedy is across text\, music\, and staging\, and how technologies like Live-in-HD and streaming are reshaping opera today. Panelists include Jillian Murray\, Griffin Kaiser\, and Sanford Schwartz. This event is designed to spark thoughtful debate about tradition\, innovation\, and Wagner’s enduring relevance. Ample time will be devoted to audience Q&A and discussion\, allowing members to add their voices and perspectives. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/reports-from-bayreuth-meistersinger-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bayreuth
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Wagner and the Creation of the Ring
DESCRIPTION:Join the Wagner Society of New York in a special U.S. Book Release: Story of the Century: Wagner and the Creation of the Ring and a talk by its author Michael Downes. Part cultural history\, part biography\, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner’s life\, influences\, gift for storytelling\, and artistic revolution\, culminating in his dramatic journey to write The Ring Cycle. Downes states that “the Ring is a story not only from the nineteenth century\, but also about it.” \nHaving garnered favorable reviews (Gramophone\, Opera News\, Edinburgh Music Review) from its November 2024 U.K. release (Faber & Faber) and named one of the 5 best music books of the year by Presto\, we are proud to co-host this U.S. book launch with publishing house Pegasus Books. Credit Card orders for hardcover copies of the work will be available for pre-sale – order online here. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \nAbout the author: Michael Downes is a celebrated conductor\, writer\, lecturer\, and co-author of The Wagners: The Dramas of a Musical Dynasty (Princeton University Press). He is the director of music at the University of St. Andrews\, Scotland. Before moving to Scotland\, he conducted numerous choral\, operatic\, orchestral\, and contemporary music groups across England.\n \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nVenue & Accessibility: The Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor. Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station). \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/book-launch-wagner-and-the-creation-of-the-ring/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T183000
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SUMMARY:Anton Bruckner & Richard Wagner
DESCRIPTION:Conductor Jakob Lehmann presents an exploration of the fascinating relationship between Anton Bruckner and Richard Wagner – a connection that was characterized by one-sided admiration and disappointed hopes. The younger revered the elder\, even if the latter did not always fulfill his few promises. For Bruckner\, however\, Wagner always remained the ‘master of all masters.’ Particular attention will be paid to the myth of Bruckner’s “Wagner symphony” and the facts behind it. Audio examples will show how performance traditions of both composers have changed over the years\, from the first recorded performances to today’s interpretations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJakob Lehmann on Bruckner & Wagner March 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor further reading: Bruckner in Bayreuth from the Anton Bruckner Institut Linz (in German)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial hour after the evening's lecture\n\n\n\n\n\n“There is so much mythmaking going on in the 20th century\, and especially once the Third Reich started to get their hands and their ideology on Bruckner. There is so much mythmaking that has nothing to do with historical precedent – and still today – that mythmaking is influencing the actual musical interpretations of these pieces. And what I think may not really be clear enough to us is that with many other composers\, we have tried to make a clean slate: But in Wagner and Bruckner\, that just hasn’t happened yet in the way that it maybe should have happened. And this is something that I’ve personally been very interested in exploring.” \nAbout the speaker: Conductor Jakob Lehmann is the Artistic Director of the chamber orchestra Eroica Berlin\, and Associate Artistic Director of New York based Bel canto festival Teatro Nuovo.  The week after his appearance with the WSNY he will lead period instrument ensemble Juilliard415 in a performance of Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus\, Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2\, live at Alice Tully Hall\, and streamed on Juilliard.live and WQXR on Saturday\, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments. \nSource Material: Mr. Lehmann emphasized the importance of the book Bruckner in Bayreuth\, a publication of the Anton Bruckner Institut Linz (2019\, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien – in German). \nLivestream: the event will be livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nAccessibility: The Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor.  Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station).
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/anton-bruckner-richard-wagner/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Wagnerian Techniques in Film Scores: Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings
DESCRIPTION:Wagnerian Techniques in Film Scores:  The Motivic Structure of Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings \n  \nIn his decades-long career as a musician\, Doug Adams has remained in-demand as a performer\, a composer/arranger\, an author\, and a lecturer.  He was selected by Howard Shore to observe and document his work on The Lord of the Rings films – a score performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra\, eventually exceeding 13 hours\, and consistently cited as one of the best film scores ever written.  Adams subsequently spent just under ten years writing the book\, The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films. He joins the Wagner Society to analyze and compare the use of motives as a structural component in Wagner and in Shore.  What if Wagner had the opportunity to score a modern film? \nThe program will be preceded by a brief Annual Membership Meeting. The Meeting is being held in January\, rather than later in the year as previously\, as a result of a recent change to the Society’s fiscal year end. The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to elect the 2025-26 Board of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Your vote is needed! Members who cannot attend in person may send in (by mail or electronically\, returning it to arrive no later than noon Tuesday\, January 7\, 20254) the form (sent by postal mail and online here) to designate a proxy. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments\, and livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nAccessibility: The Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor.  Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station).
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/wagnerian-techniques-in-film-scores-howard-shores-lord-of-the-rings/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241031T203000
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SUMMARY:A View from the Prompter's Box with Craig Rutenberg
DESCRIPTION:“The prompter is the ultimate safety net for the performance: a helper\, part conductor\, part assistant stage director\, knowing the problem spots with individual singers — an in-the-moment problem solver. Those are just a few of the skills required.” – Craig Rutenberg \n\n\n\n\n\n\n"I think the best description I've ever heard of what a prompter does is\, we are the safety net. That was Maestro Levine's term for it. And if a conductor or director - more and more nowadays - doesn't see the need for a safety net - they're hanging themselves out to dry pretty badly."\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn prompting a chorus: "There are certain\, ahem\, chorus masters who say: 'Don't bother the chorus.' The chorus comes to me and says\, 'Please! We need your cues! Don't care what he says... we need you!' So it's always a delicate balance there. "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial hour after Mr. Rutenberg's talk\n\n\n\n\n\nFormer Head of Music Staff at the Metropolitan Opera\, Craig Rutenberg explains what a prompter does\, what preparation prompters undergo in a particular production\, and how a good prompter can rescue performers from disaster. He will also discuss the various responsibilities of the music staff at the Met — from rehearsal pianist to diction coach to assistant conductor to prompter. \nThis informal talk with Mr. Rutenberg will be led by conductor Tyson Deaton and discuss how prompting Wagner is different from\, say\, Mozart or Puccini; the differences between prompting solo singers as opposed to difficult ensembles such as Die Meistersinger; developing sensitivity to the individual needs of artists; the function of a prompter in the rehearsal room vs. the stage\, and physical/technical aspects of positioning; memorable moments while prompting and in rehearsals\, and of course what happens when things go wrong – or surprisingly right!\n \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments\, and livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nProgram Change: Regrettably Ms. Joan Dornemann is unavailable for her originally scheduled talk. We thank Craig Rutenberg for accepting our invitation to this interview. \nAbout the Speaker: Craig Rutenberg\, a native of New Haven\, CT\, is best known as an accompanist and vocal coach. He is former Head of Music at The Metropolitan Opera and has coached nationally and worldwide for the opera companies in San Francisco\, Chicago and Houston as well as at The Paris Opera\, Covent Garden and The Glyndebourne Festival. Mr. Rutenberg has appeared in recital and recorded with Thomas Hampson\, Ben Heppner\, Christine Brewer along with many others. Future plans include coaching at several universities in the USA in addition to visits to China\, Sweden\, Italy and the Czech Republic. \nAccessibility: The Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor.  Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station).
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/a-view-from-the-prompters-box/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Reports from the 2024 Bayreuth Festival
DESCRIPTION:This annual event provides the unique opportunity for our members to learn some of the events and developments in this year’s Bayreuth Festival.  We will offer an illustrated discussion of the new production of Tristan und Isolde starring Andreas Schager and Camilla Nylund; receive a report from a Society member on his first visit to the Festival; hear from the three young artists whom the Society sponsored as part of the Festival’s Scholarship Program; and welcome a special guest\, American bass Jordan Shanahan\, who sang the role of Klingsor in the Jay Scheib “augmented reality” production of Parsifal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAtsuko Imamura on the new production of Tristan und Isolde\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConductor Tengku Irfan on his experience as a Bayreuth Scholarship Award Winner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoru Bercea on his first time at the Festival\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers discuss the Bayreuth experience during social hour\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers discuss the Bayreuth experience during social hour\n\n\n\n\n\nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments\, and livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/reports-from-the-2024-bayreuth-festival/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bayreuth,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T190000
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SUMMARY:Six Part Course: “Wagner: Questions of Influence and Originality”
DESCRIPTION:A six-part course \, “Wagner: Questions of Influence and Originality\,” taught by Juilliard Professor John J.H. Muller\, IV. \nThe course poses the question: To what degree is any artist original? What role do the achievements of other artists\, earlier and contemporary\, play in influencing a composer as “original” as Richard Wagner?  Wagner occupies a special position in the history of music\, both for his body of work and for his influence. Wagner’s own development was not linear; the past\, present\, and future of opera are present in all his works. \nSchedule:\nDates are six non-consecutive Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00 p.m. as follows: \nSeptember 11\nSeptember 18\nSeptember 25\nOctober 9\nOctober 16\nOctober 23 \nAll six classes are offered as a series\, not individually\, and the course price is $300 for WSNY members\, and $375 for non-members. \nThe Experience: This course is conceptual in nature\, rather than focusing on a single opera or musical issue – though these will certainly be referred to – nor is it “Wagner 101”. Students will likely have a familiarity with the plots to the works and basic issues relating to Wagner’s career\, dramatic concept\, music\, and achievements. An introduction to Wagner’s musical forbears will be covered in the first session. \nStudents will be provided with handouts and an extensive bibliography for further enrichment. Lectures will be accompanied by audio and video excerpts\, and there will be time for Q&A\, generally at the end of class. \nVenue & Accessibility: Classes will be held in-person only in the MacKay Studio of the National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue (between 29/28 Streets)\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY \nThe Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor.  Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station).
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/six-part-course-wagner-questions-of-influence-and-originality/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240612T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240612T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Stephen Gould Book Launch & Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:An event to celebrate the life of Stephen Gould and the publication of his book Performing Wagner: A Singer’s Perspective on the Major Roles. Co-author Peter Phillips will relate how the book took form and lead a discussion on some of the many interesting insights that Gould offers on Wagner’s heroic characters. \nAt the time of his early death in autumn 2023\, the internationally renowned American Heldentenor Stephen Gould was putting the finishing touches to this unusual book\, where he shares his unique insights into Wagner’s major tenor roles: Tannhäuser\, Tristan\, Siegfried\, Siegmund and Loge in The Ring of the Nibelung\, Lohengrin\, Erik in The Flying Dutchman and Parsifal. Basing his understanding on the experience of hundreds of performances around the world\, he describes how he learned to inhabit each character\, portraying motivation in a manner that matches Wagner’s music with narrative cohesion on stage. He also discusses what he learned from working with conductors and stage directors and offers some thoughts on vocal technique. \nStephen Gould \nThere are countless books on Wagner and his operas; this one may be the first to put the reader in the shoes of the interpreter – a novel perspective which should be of interest to students\, teachers\, directors\, Wagner commentators and audience members\, as well as to other performers and to musicians more generally. The book opens with a preface by Katharina Wagner\, the composer’s great-granddaughter and director of the Bayreuth Festival\, and ends with tributes to Stephen Gould from some of the leading Wagner singers of the day. \nThe program will be preceded by a brief Annual Membership Meeting. The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to elect the 2024-25 Board of Directors and to hear reports of the 2023-24 Officers and Committees\, and to conduct any other business that may be properly raised. Your vote is needed! Members who cannot attend in person may send in (by mail or electronically\, returning it to arrive no later than Noon Tuesday\, June 11\, 2024) the form (sent by postal mail and online here) to designate a proxy. \nF. Peter Phillips \nAbout the speaker: F. Peter Phillips\, president of the Wagner Society of New York since 2022\, is an attorney specializing in mediation\, arbitration and dispute resolution and serves as Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law and Director of the ADR Skills program at New York Law School. He is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College and trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/stephen-gould-book-launch-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Business Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Wagner From a Queer Perspective
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, a number of works of interest to queer Wagnerians have been published\, including Laurence Dreyfus’s Wagner and the Erotic Impulse and Alex Ross’s Wagnerism.  This talk will explore these works as well as topics such as the homosexuality of key people in Wagner’s circle (such as King Ludwig II and Wagner’s son Siegfried)\, Wagner’s fetishes with respect to satin and perfume\, the unorthodox sexual relationships and ethics in Wagner’s life and works\, and LGBTQ+ devotees to Wagner’s operas from the 19th century to today. \nThe event will be followed by a social hour with refreshments\, and livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nAbout the speaker: \nDr. Patrick S. Cheng is the Visiting Professor of Anglican Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.  An Episcopal priest and a lover of Richard Wagner’s works\, Dr. Cheng enjoyed attending Der Fliegende Holländer\, Tannhäuser\, Tristan und Isolde\, and Parsifal at Bayreuth this past summer.  Dr. Cheng has published three books on queer theology\, including Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology.  He holds a B.A. from Yale College\, a J.D. from Harvard Law School\, and a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/wagner-from-a-queer-perspective/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
CREATED:20231118T175344Z
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SUMMARY:Art & Social Transformation
DESCRIPTION:New York University Professor Larry Wolff joins us to discuss Wagner’s convictions of “Art and Social Transformation.” Quite beyond Wagner’s revolutionary fervor of 1848-49\, he had a deep conviction that art\, by its very nature\, had the power to clarify\, incite\, and advance our society. \nAn in-person talk\, followed by a social hour with refreshments\, and livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours from the start of the program). WSNY Members will receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to register in advance. \nAbout the speaker: Larry Wolff is the Julius Silver Professor of History at New York University. He received his A.B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. At NYU he has previously served as Executive Director of the Remarque Institute and as Co-Director of  NYU Florence at Villa La Pietra. His newest book is The Shadow of the Empress:  Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy (2023).  He is also the author of Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe (2020) and Disunion within the Union: The Uniate Church and the Partitions of Poland (2019)\, The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to  the Age of Napoleon (2016)\, Paolina’s Innocence: Child Abuse in Casanova’s Venice (2012)\, The Idea of Galicia:  History and Fantasy in Habsburg Political Culture (2010)\,  Venice and the Slavs:  The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment (2001)\,  Inventing Eastern Europe:  The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment (1994)\, The Vatican and Poland in the Age of the Partitions (1988)\, and Postcards from the End of the World:  Child Abuse in Freud’s Vienna (1988). He writes frequently about opera\, publishing essays and reviews in the Times Literary Supplement\, the New York Review of Books\, the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, and the Hudson Review. He has received Fulbright\, American Council of Learned Societies\, and Guggenheim fellowships\, and he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \nAccessibility: The Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor.  Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station).
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/art-and-social-transformation/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:“Long Live America!”: Wagner and the New World
DESCRIPTION:Scholar Hans Vaget returns to offer thoughts on Wagner’s relationship with America. This lecture offers a condensed English version of Prof. Vaget’s recent book\, Richard Wagners Amerika. Eine Ausgrabung (2022). Examining Wagner’s repeatedly stated intention to emigrate to America\, and drawing on the privately printed Reminiscences of his American dentist\, N.S. Jenkins\, we can now reassess the role of America in Wagner’s imagination. Dr. Jenkins was a much sought-after cutting edge dentist who treated Wagner and became a friend. Prof. Vaget highlights the lasting\, though largely obscured attachment of the creator of The Ring to the revolutionary heritage of the United States. He shines a light on the prominent role of American dentistry in Europe\, and illuminates a little-known but surprisingly revealing aspect of German American cultural relations in the Nineteenth Century. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n"The creator of The Ring was driven to deception by the well-founded fear that the legacy he wished to bequeath to the German nation - the annual festival at Bayreuth - was far from being secured. ... [King Ludwig's] generosity regularly needed to be reanimated; if all else should fail\, by threats of immigration."\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"Even after the idea of immigration had shed its semblance of seriousness\, Richard Wagner and Cosima kept talking about America as a dream destination. In the Summer of 1880\, still in Naples\, Cosima noted on July 12 'America constantly in our conversations.' Two days later: 'and again and again America'. Wagner in an almost giddy mood\, fantasizing about a voyage to America 'in order to make his fortune\, visions of us all arriving in California in a royal carriage'. This is why Cosima's diary is so delicious: because you get lots of details like that." \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHans Vaget on Wagner & America\, February 2024\n\n\n\n\n\nIn-person\, followed by a social hour with refreshments\, and livestreamed (viewable up to 36 hours after the start of the event). WSNY Members receive livestream link automatically by e-mail; no need to pre-register. \nAbout the speaker: Hans Rudolf Vaget\, a native of Marienbad (Czechoslovakia)\, received his academic training at the universities of Munich\, Tuebingen\, Cardiff (Wales)\, and Columbia University\, New York\, where he earned a PhD in German literature. From 1967 to 2004 he taught German Studies and Comparative Literature at Smith College. He is the author of books on Goethe\, Thomas Mann\, and Wagner; most recently (2022): Richard Wagners Amerika. Eine Ausgrabung (Excavating Wagner’s America). Associated with the WSNY since the 1980s\, he served\, from 2005 to 2013\, as co-editor of wagnerspectrum\, the first independent journal of Wagner Studies; he also contributes regularly to The Wagner Journal and Wagner Notes. He first visited the Bayreuth Festival in 1959 and returned frequently.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/long-live-america-wagner-and-the-new-world/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Talk with Metropolitan Opera Concertmaster David Chan
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nOur guest speaker\, Maestro David Chan\, in his 24th season as concertmaster of New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra\, which performs almost daily under a constantly changing series of conductors.  Mr. Chan discussed those challenges\, as well as his experiences as an orchestral conductor in the United States and in Europe. \nMr. Chan is a member of the faculty of the Juilliard School and serves as Head of the Orchestral Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music.  Mr. Chan also recently served as Music Director of the APEX Ensemble and Camerata Notturna. He has conducted the Mainly Mozart’s All-Star Orchestra\, the combined musicians of the LA Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony\, as well as the Met Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra. Recent conducting engagements have included Belgium’s l’Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège\, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra\, and l’Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne in France\, the Grant Park and Classical Tahoe summer festivals\, the Juilliard Orchestra and Manhattan School of Music in New York City\, and the Apollo Orchestra in Washington\, D.C. He is co-founder of Musique et Vin au Clos Vougeot festival in the Burgundy region of France\, which pairs wine tastings with music. \nThe event was followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I have a very different tolerance of mistakes as well\, as a player and as a conductor”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I’m much more interested in the structure of a movement. So I’ve marked off 4-bar phrases here: two bars of introduction and then 4 bars / 4 bars / 4 bars / 4 bars … what I’ve found is\, if I understand how a house is built – and Bruckner’s symphonies are built like cathedrals – it’s all about numbers … he actually put in the period numbering that he was going to use for structure in his score before he wrote any melody. He’s the only composer who did that. And it shows the importance of structure.” – David Chan on Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I had a Soviet-trained teacher […] his training was based around going to the major international competitions and striving to become a soloist. So it was that type of training I did. I owe the technical facility and the physical foundation I have for making music to that.”\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation: \nThe National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, New York\, NY. \nPricing: \nFree for members\, $15 for non-members\, live in-person or online (video stream available 48 hours after start of program). \nLivestream: \nWSNY members will receive the livestream link automatically by email; the event is viewable until 48 hours after it begins. \nAccessibility: \nThe Opera America building has ground-level entry with elevators to the 7th floor.  Wheelchair accessible; modular seating will be arranged to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. Handicap-accessible restrooms are available on the same floor. The venue is located on the west side of 7th Avenue between 28th-29th Streets\, closer to 29th Street. Sidewalk curb cuts at the 29th Street corner are uneven; for easier access and tactile paving enter from the 28th Street corner (at the downtown #1 subway station). \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/talk-with-metropolitan-opera-concertmaster-david-chan/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230919T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230919T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Recent Wagner Productions
DESCRIPTION:Description:  \nOur well-traveled Society members reported on productions of Wagner operas in the U.S. and abroad\, including Opera Atlanta’s Das Rheingold\, the Bayreuth Festival’s Parsifal\, and Ring Cycles in Budapest and Vienna. We also had a presentation by bass-baritone Joseph Parrish\, our 2023 Bayreuth stipendiat\, and a talk with two young WSNY members about their first Bayreuth experience. After the presentations we hosted a social hour with refreshments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial hour at the National Opera Center\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBass-Baritone Joseph Parrish discusses his experience visiting Bayreuth as a WSNY stipendiat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Couch and Ethan Osman discuss their first visit to the green hill\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBruce Patrick discusses the Augmented Reality implementation for Parsifal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKevin Salinger discusses Parsifal at Bayreuth\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Shengold discusses the Santa Fe production of Der fliegende Holländer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF. Peter Philips introduces the Recent Wagner Productions program\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/test-event-2/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230719T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230719T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
CREATED:20231005T152332Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to elect the 2023-24 Board of Directors and to hear reports of the 2022-23 Officers and Committees\, and to conduct any other business that may be properly raised.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/annual-meeting/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230607T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230607T183000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Maestro Thomas Guggeis on Conducting Wagner
DESCRIPTION:Maestro Thomas Guggeis shared his insights into the challenges of conducting the Ring in Berlin and Der fliegende Holländer at the Metropolitan Opera\, with particular emphasis on the influence of bel canto tradition in Wagner’s vocal writing. \nThomas Guggeis created an international stir in March 2018 when he was tapped to take over a highly acclaimed new production of Salome from Christoph von Dohnányi at the Staatsoper unter den Linden in Berlin\, where he was subsequently named Staatskapellmeister for the 2019/20 to 2022/23 seasons. In 2022\, Maestro Guggeis conducted the second Ring cycle in place of Daniel Barenboim. In October 2021 he was named Music Director-designate of the Oper Frankfurt as of 2023/24\, where he will also assume artistic leadership of the Frankfurt Museumskonzerte. At the time of our event\, Guggeis was making his debuts at the Metropolitan Opera and the Santa Fe Opera with Der fliegende Holländer. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nConductor Thomas Guggeis demonstrates motifs from Der fliegende Holländer.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaestro Thomas Guggeis speaks with Prof. John J. H. Muller IV and members and guests of the Wagner Society of New York.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaestro Guggeis takes some time to talk with WSNY members before the evening's performance.
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/maestro-thomas-guggeis-on-conducting-wagner/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230417T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230417T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Wagner & German Nationalism with Prof. Michael P. Steinberg
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nProf. Michael P. Steinberg of Brown University and co-curator of the recent exhibit in Berlin’s German Historical Museum explained the influence of Wagner on German nationalism in the mid-19th century and its lasting impact on German self-identity. As Prof. Steinberg explained to The New York Times\, “You can’t have a naïve and beautiful production of a Wagner opera in Germany. It’s impossible.” The presentation took place at the National Opera Center in New York City\, followed by a social hour with refreshments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“In Germany... every production of Wagner has to take the history of Wagner\, the political history of Wagner\, the history of German taste into account. There is no way to be innocent about Wagner in Germany.” – Prof. Michael P. Steinberg (Brown University) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers & guests socialize after the presentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF. Peter Philips welcomes members and guests to the evening’s presentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers & guests socialize after the presentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers & guests socialize after the presentation\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nYouTube Link:
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/wagner-german-nationalism-with-prof-michael-p-steinberg/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Wagner's Music in Classic Hollywood Cartoons
DESCRIPTION:Description:  \nScholarship met fun in this delightful evening. Prof. Goldmark opened our eyes to the pervasive presence of Richard Wagner in the popular American culture of the mid 20th Century. Profusely illustrated by clips of hilarious cartoons such as the classic What’s Opera\, Doc? which is the source of the immortal lines\, “Kill the wabbit” and “Oh Bwunhilde you’re so lovely.” \nProf. Daniel Goldmark\, Director of Popular Music Studies\, Case Western Reserve University. Prof. Daniel Goldmark works on American popular music\, film and cartoon music\, the history of the music industry\, and popular music in Cleveland. He is the author of Tunes for ‘Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon (California\, 2005). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Goldmark presents the characterization of classical music in the golden age of Hollywood cartoons.\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/wagners-music-in-classic-hollywood-cartoons/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211108T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211108T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T145254
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SUMMARY:Maestro Pappano on Meistersinger
DESCRIPTION:Sir Antonio Pappano\, conductor of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Met and Music director of the Royal Opera House\, was interviewed by Fred Cohn at this exclusive WSNY event\, which took place live at the National Opera Center in New York City. \n 
URL:https://wagnersocietyny.org/event/maestro-pappano-on-meistersinger/
LOCATION:National Opera Center\, 330 Seventh Avenue\, 7th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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