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Outside/Inside: Sacred Spaces in Parsifal with Prof. Thomas Grey

Jewish Community Center - San Francisco 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/KKctjlA29Wo This talk looks at the ways that concepts of “the sacred” (religious, spiritual) in Parsifal are conceived according to a… Continue reading Outside/Inside: Sacred Spaces in Parsifal with Prof. Thomas Grey

2025 Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration Brunch with Special Guest Star Klaus Florian Vogt

Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED TO  NEW BOOKINGS. Here is our video invitation for this event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGNHYwdfHQ Join us for the 2025 edition of our traditional "Cosima Party" this year… Continue reading 2025 Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration Brunch with Special Guest Star Klaus Florian Vogt

Maestro Leo Eylar Returns

Jewish Community Center - San Francisco 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Dok1qcqSFr08vWx7T0CmQ An erudite and engaging speaker, Leo Eylar returns for another fascinating lecture to the Society. His last talk… Continue reading Maestro Leo Eylar Returns

From Richard I to Richard III: Wagner, Strauss, and Questions of Influence – a Zoom Meeting with Professor John Muller

Zoom Meeting

Here is a link to the archival recording of this Zoom talk. https://youtu.be/dav-uOcUfWw NOTE THAT THE FULL LECTURE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. This link provides only the pre-talk announcements and… Continue reading From Richard I to Richard III: Wagner, Strauss, and Questions of Influence – a Zoom Meeting with Professor John Muller

Das Kaliforniagold: California Wagnerisms 1848-2026 with David Kanaga

Jewish Community Center - San Francisco 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/rfFy_I0U6eo California, Gold, and....Wagner have been intertwined for almost two centuries now. David Kanaga will explore this in his fascinating talk. Those who saw his previous presentation to the Society featuring his Soft Walküre know what an engaging speaker he is. David is an… Continue reading Das Kaliforniagold: California Wagnerisms 1848-2026 with David Kanaga

Upcoming Events

How Elsa Showed Wagner the Way to Siegfried – A Zoom Lecture with Paul Heise
Saturday, November-14-2026 - 01:00 PM

Paul Heise’s zoom talk “How Elsa Showed Wagner the Way to Siegfried” is an update of his article of the same name originally published in the May, 1995 issue of Wagner, the peer-reviewed journal of The Wagner Society (London, UK). Its subject is how Wagner’s last traditional opera Lohengrin paved the way for Wagner’s revolutionary music-drama… Continue reading How Elsa Showed Wagner the Way to Siegfried – A Zoom Lecture with Paul Heise

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2026 Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration Brunch
Sunday, December-06-2026 - 11:30 AM

Our traditional Wagnerian Celebration returns once more to the Classic Marines’ Memorial Club and Hotel. This year, in addition to a festive repast served in the beautiful Crystal Lounge, the musical program will feature a performance by current Adler Fellows, Sadie Cheslak and Ji Youn Lee. Mezzo-soprano Sadie Cheslak, a first-year Adler Fellow at the… Continue reading 2026 Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration Brunch

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Leo Eylar Returns!
Saturday, January-23-2027 - 01:00 PM

An erudite and engaging speaker, Leo Eylar returns for another fascinating lecture to the Society. His last talks with us covered “thematic transformation” – aka leitmotifs. This lecture will be a continue his examination of this key area of Wagner’s art, focusing on aspects of this subject that he did not have time to cover… Continue reading Leo Eylar Returns!

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What does the Ring actually do in Wagner’s Ring Cycle? with Prof. Thomas Grey
Saturday, March-06-2027 - 01:00 PM

Well known to Wagner Society members, Thomas Grey will examine the meaning and functions of the “ring” Wagner’s epic cycle. Grey is a Professor Emeritus of Musicology and by courtesy, German Studies, at Stanford University. His special fields of study are: Wagner, 19th-century opera, the history of musical aesthetics and criticism, Romantic music and visual culture.… Continue reading What does the Ring actually do in Wagner’s Ring Cycle? with Prof. Thomas Grey

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Wagner and Mendelssohn a Zoom talk with Erica Miner
Saturday, April-24-2027 - 01:00 PM

Join us for a Zoom meeting where Erica will examine the relationship between these two vastly different 19th-century composers. Wagner and Mendelssohn knew each other, and Wagner expressed admiration for Mendelssohn early on, but turned against him after his early death. Mendelssohn was a focus of Wagner’s infamous screed, Das Judenthum in der Musik (Jewishness in… Continue reading Wagner and Mendelssohn a Zoom talk with Erica Miner

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Aspects of the Ring with Katherine Syer
Saturday, June-05-2027 - 01:00 PM

As the San Francisco Opera starts the monumental undertaking of producing Wagner’s Ring Cycle with performances of Das Rheingold this month, Katherine Syer’s presentation will enhance our experience with a talk focused on this pinnacle of musical and dramatic art. Further details on her talk will available later. Katherine Syer has taught at the University… Continue reading Aspects of the Ring with Katherine Syer

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