Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/mtYTznr-wMA

We will close out the year in style with the traditional Holiday Celebration – The Cosima Wagner Birthday/Holiday Celebration.

We are thrilled to announce our musical guest artists for the Cosima Celebration. Our vocalist is Eugene Richards III, bass baritone, and our accompanist is Dennis Doubin who has been on the music staff of the San Francisco Opera as well as other companies, was a participant in both the Merola and Adler Fellowship programs and was conductor of the Vegas-style Ring we recently enjoyed. Eugene Richards has spent the last three years studying with dramatic soprano Luana DeVol, and the past three summers was part of Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices in Reno, NV, in the American Wagner Project division. In 2017, this study of Wagner led to his being selected as 1 of 16 finalists in the Lauritz Melchior International Vocal Competition in Aalborg, Denmark. Richards participated in The Miami Music Festival in their Wagner program where he covered Alan Held as Wotan in Die Walküre and sang King Heinrich in Lohengrin. Richards sang the role of Wotan in the Vegas City Ring Production.

The Marines Memorial Club has informed us of their Covid Protocol for this event. Please be advised that as long as current SF County Health protocols remain in effect, all attendees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination and remain masked when not singing, eating and/or savoring wine.