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

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

Join us for our first in-person meeting of the new year. Tenor and educator, Richard Cox, will speak about aspects of teaching voice, both in general and as it relates… Continue reading Richard Cox on Teaching Voice

HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bFehhlW0g Join us for this Zoom talk by F. Peter Phillips, President of the New York Wagner Society, who… Continue reading Performing Wagner: A Singer’s Perspective on the Major Tenor Roles with F. Peter Phillips

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

HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/RCerW2sK_UY Join us for a Zoom meeting where Erica examines the fascinating relationship between these two 19th-century titans. Wagner… Continue reading Wagner and Berlioz with Erica Miner

Archival photos and video of this event are available on our YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/Is-K4Omil7M It’s time to celebrate — and what better occasion than Richard’s birthday? Join us as… Continue reading Annual Wagner Birthday Celebration

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

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

HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/0TIOH_KcEgw "When Anton Seidl – once the most charismatic personality in American classical music -- led the American premiere… Continue reading Wagner and Clam Fritters – a Talk by Joseph Horowitz

Holden Madagame recently performed the role of Mime in Das Rheingold and Siegfried with Regents Opera (London, UK) where his performance so impressed Wagner Society President, Andy Rombakis, that he… Continue reading The TRANSformation of Mime a Zoom talk with Holden Madagame

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… Continue reading How Elsa Showed Wagner the Way to Siegfried – A Zoom Lecture with Paul Heise