July 19, 2008

1:00pm

UCSF Laurel Heights Conference Center
3333 California Street
San Francisco

The WSNC continues it’s series of opera film screenings with Lohengrin in the 2006 filming by Stephan Braunfels, staged by Nikolaus Lehnhoff in a new production from Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. 

Lehnhoff interprets Wagner’s Lohengrin as the dramatic struggle of masculine and feminine, revenge and compassion. Powerfully acted, almost like a Strindberg play and musically of the highest order, this Lohengrin from the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden will be a benchmark production for decades.  Kent Nagano conducts Solveig Kringelborn, Waltraud Meier, Klaus Florian Vogt, Tom Fox, Roman Trekel, and Hans Peter König.

This is a stunning production you will want to see!

August – No meeting – enjoy Bayreuth, Glimmerglass and beyond

September 20th – Dr. Mitchell Morris from UCLA has rescheduled and will be our speaker.
Topic to be announced soon.

October 4th – Joan Trasker Grimbert from the Catholic University of America – “In Search of Tristan”

Coming in November – Professor Conrad Susa will begin a special 4-part series on the music of Der Ring des Nibelungen. This will be a musicological journey leading us through Wagner’s score – culminating in time for the San Francisco Opera's production of its new Ring Cycle.

Most events are open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, programs are free to members of the Society. There is a $10.00 donation requested for non-members. Please call (415) 421-4412 for additional information.

Regarding all events at the UCSF Conference Center:

The Wagner Society of Northern California is the sponsor of this event. The use of meeting rooms at the University of California, San Francisco, by non-profit organizations does not imply that the University endorses this organization or the material being presented. The events at UCSF are being partially funded by the UCSF Community & Governmental Relations Office.

PLEASE BE ADVISED: Daily parking rate at UCSF Laurel Heights is $5.00 per day on the weekends. You must pre-pay for parking at the kiosks in the parking area and place your receipt in plain sight inside your vehicle. A private company monitors compliance and and they will issue parking tickets at $40.00.

We are sorry, however, it is still a bargain relative to other parking lots in the San Francisco Area. There are unmetered areas on the streets surrounding the Laurel Heights Center and you can park for free - if you want to walk a little bit.

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