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SUMMARY:Speight Jenkins\, General Director Emeritus\, Seattle Opera
DESCRIPTION:February 4\, 2017 – 1:00 p.m. \nThe Wagner Society is excited to welcome Speight Jenkins to our meeting on February 4th. Speight Jenkins served as General Director of Seattle Opera for over 30 years and has been a guest speaker for the Society on numerous occasions.  Presently retired\, but still active in opera education\, adjudicating vocal competitions and serving as a “talent scout”\, Jenkins is always a well spring of information and insight about all things Wagnerian and operatic. Presently teaching a course on Wagner at Stanford Continuing Education\, the Society is delighted that Jenkins has made time in his busy schedule for the Wagner Society. \nMeeting will take place at: \n\n	JCC-SF (2nd Floor Gallanter Hall)\n\n	3200 California Street\n\n	San Francisco\, CA\nWSNC Members are free\, guests $10 donation is requested
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/speight-jenkins-general-director-emeritus-seattle-opera-2462/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170107T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170108T120000
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SUMMARY:A Memory in which Spring can be Recognized:  Wagner’s Die Meistersinger
DESCRIPTION:A Memory in which Spring can be Recognized:  Wagner’s Die Meistersinger\n\n	Saturday January 7th at 1:00 p.m\n\n	JCC-SF\n\n	3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\n\n	 \n\n	In one hour\, Larry Oppenheim will present a guided tour of Richard Wagner’s comic masterpiece\, Die Meistersinger. Larry will combine his commentary with extensive video excerpts from the wonderful Glyndebourne production directed by David McVicar. This production features Gerald Finley as Hans Sachs\, Marco Jentzsch as Walther von Stolzing\, and Johannes Martin Kränzle as Sixtus Beckmesser. Finley creates a Sachs who is younger than most\, but wise and deeply human. And Kränlze’s Beckmesser simply exudes comic genius. The lecture will trace the musical leitmotifs and philosophical ideas which are developed throughout the opera.\n\n	 \n\n	Our speaker is Larry Oppenheim\, the lecturer for the San Francisco Library’s popular “Opera for the People” Series. In the series Larry’s goal is to make opera more enjoyable and accessible to everyone – including those who may have never gone to an opera. In addition to being a member of the Wagner Society of Northern California\, Oppenheim is the President of the Kensington Symphony (East Bay) and the co-principal oboe and a bassoonist. 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/a-memory-in-which-spring-can-be-recognized-wagners-die-meistersinger-2457/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161211T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161211T100000
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SUMMARY:2016 Cosima Holiday Brunch Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society is pleased to present the 2016 Cosima Holiday Celebration\n\n	 \n\n	This year we start early with an 11:00 champagne welcome and social time\n\n	 \n\n	At 12:00 we will be seated for a performance of  Wesendonck Lieder\, Richard Wagner. Our musical guests are mezzo soprano Kindra Scharich accompanied by the Alexander String Quartet.\n\n	 \n\n	Brunch will follow at approximately 12:45 followed by our drawing for door prizes.\n\n	 \n\n	Salad: Baby Spinch and Romaine with Candied Walnuts\, Sliced Pears\, Goat Cheese and Sherry Vinaigrette\n\n	 \n\n	Entree Choices (please denote your choice at the bottom of the form when you check out):\n\n	Dill Crusted Salmon with Whole Grain ustard Beurre Blanc\, Horseradish Mashed Potatoes\, Juliienne Vegetables\n\n	Pork Tenderloin with Fennel and Coriander Crust\, Sweet Potato Risotto\, Julienne Vegetables\n\n	Roasted Eggplant filled with Moroccan Spiced Vegetables and Chick Peas topped iwht Cashew Cream\, Saffron Rice (Vegan/Gluten Free)\n\n	 \n\n	Dessert: Chocolate Trilogy with Coffee and Tea\n\n	The meal includes select red and white wine\n\n	 \n\n	$100 per person – open seating         to register move down the page click where it says:  “Click Here to Purchase Tickets to this Event”                                \n\n	Payment and meal choices due by Wednesday November 30th\n\n	 \n\n	Holiday/festive attire\, Wagner themed costumes are also welcome!\n\n	 \n\n	Invitation is also below should you wish to download and enroll by mail\n\n	 \n\n	For more information please contact Diane Parker (415)377-3630 or by email dianep_st@yahoo.com
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/2016-cosima-holiday-brunch-celebration-2444/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161112T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161112T113000
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SUMMARY:Professor Derek Katz\, Ph.D. University of California Santa Barbara Department of Music
DESCRIPTION:More details will follow\n\n	JCC-SF\n\n	3200 California Street @ Presidio (2nd Floor Gallanter Hall)\n\n	San Francisco\, CA \n\n	1:00 p.m.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/professor-derek-katz-ph-d-university-of-california-santa-barbara-department-of-music-2406/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T053000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T110000
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SUMMARY:John Mastrogiovanni "Parsifal"
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society is pleased to welcome John Mastrogiovanni\, President of the Wagner Society of Southern California\, for this expanded program on Parsifal. \nParsifal is Richard Wagner’s final musical and philosophical treatise to the world. Since its introduction to opera houses beyond Bayreuth\, manyhave shared their insights about what the spiritual and religious meanings were regarding this work. However\, Wagner himself knew what he meant when he conceived it and had a definite purpose for the work. In his talk\, Dr. John Mastrogiovanni\, an educator in theology for more than 30 years\, utilizes Wagner’s own concepts from his letters and prose works to help define the meaning of this amazing “Sacred Stage Drama”. \nThis program will be in two sessions\, which is why the start time is early. We will convene at 10:30 for a 90 minute Part 1 and then adjourn for no-host lunch. Attendees are free to bring lunch\, eat in the lower level cafe or another restaurant in the neighborhood. We reconvene at 1:00 for a second 90 minute session followed by questions and discussion. \nJCC-SF \n3200 California Street @ Presidio  (2nd floor Gallanter Hall) \nSan Francisco\, CA \nSPECIAL EARLY START TIME 10:30 a.m.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/john-mastrogiovanni-parsifal-2405/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160917T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160917T110000
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SUMMARY:Simon Williams - "The Modernity of Wagner"
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society welcomes a favorite speaker\, Professor Simon Williams. Much of the scholarly discussion of Richard Wagner as a tragic dramatist focuses on the influence upon him of the great dramatists of the past and in his own time. However Wagner’s music drama can also be seen as the first iteration of a tragic vision that was to become central to the drama of the modern world. In this talk\, Williams will explore that “modernity” and\, in so doing\, hopes to argue that Wagner is very much an artist for our own time\, even an artist of our time. His talk will be accompanied by several music examples. \n1:00 p.m. Saturday September 17\, 2016 \nJCC-SF \n3200 California Street (2nd Floor Gallanter Hall) \nSan Francisco\, CA
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/simon-williams-the-modernity-of-wagner-2404/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160709T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160709T030000
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SUMMARY:Mirella Hagen\, Soprano - Liederabend of Wagnerian Composers
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society is excited to present this wonderful Sommer Liederabend in conjunction with Lieder Alive! To Purchase Tickets on this website\, navigate to the bottom of this page Our guest is the wonderfully gifted soprano Mirella Hagen\, formerly of the Oper Studio Stuttgart. Ms. Hagen sang the roles of the Forestbird and Woglinde in Bayreuth 2015. She has sung many roles at the Stuttgart Opera Studio\, Ms. Hagen has also sung in Dortmund\, Antwerp\, Braunschweig\, Regensberg and Komische Oper Berlin. Ms. Hagen has worked closely with Helmut Rilling\, performing the works of J.S. Bach world wide. Ms. Hagen will perform with conductor\, accompanist Robin Engelen. Robin Engelen has worked with many fine ensembles in Europe and the world\, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus\, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra and Stuttgart Philharmonic\, Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra\, Berlin Radio Symphony (RSB)\, Dusseldorf Philharmonic\, as well as the Royal Flemish Philharmonic\, Prometheus Orchestra\, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra\, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic. The Festivals he has visited include Oregon Bach Festival\, Beethovenfest Bonn\, Baden-Baden\, Stuttgart\, Salzburg\, and Bregenz. The program is built around “Wagnerian” composers and includes: Alban Berg Seven Early Songs Claude Debussy Il pleure dans mon coeur Green Spleen Hugo Wolf Die Kleine Nachtzauber Im Früling Die Spröde Singt mein Schatz wie ein Fink Richard Wagner Waldvogel Richard Strauss Mädschenblumen op.22 Benjamin Britten Cabaret Songs The venue is the beautiful Noe Valley Ministries 1021 Sanchez Street San Francisco\, CA \nFor more information contact Diane Parker:  dianep_sf@yahoo.com or phone (415)377-3630 \nPurchase tickets by clicking the link below
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/mirella-hagen-soprano-liederabend-of-wagnerian-composers-2391/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160618T080000
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SUMMARY:Der fliegende Holländer sails into Livermore
DESCRIPTION:In Fall 2016\, the Livermore Valley Opera will present Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer. This is a bold move for this innovative company. Livermore Valley Opera was founded in 1992\, and presents fully-staged operas in the spring and fall at the Bankhead Theater in the historic downtown area of Livermore\, California.  The theater is located just 45 miles east of San Francisco. \nJoining us will be Artistic and Music Director of LVO Alexander Katsman and Production Director Olivia Stapp. Ms. Stapp will discuss the production sets and costumes. Katsman will invite select members of the cast and present excerpts from Holländer. \nOlivia Stapp had a major international career as a dramatic soprano and later was the Artistic Director of Festival Opera (Walnut Creek\, California) from 1995 to 2001. She currently works as a freelance opera director. \nAlexander Katsman is a well known figure in the San Francisco Area. Alumni of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program\, Mr. Katsman received his M.M. from St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory and his B.M. cum laude from Mussorgsky College of Music in St. Petersburg\, Russia. \nSince his arrival in the United States\, Alexander has been sought after as a conductor and collaborative pianist. He conducted for Opera San Jose\, West Bay Opera\, Martinez Opera\, Bayshore Lyric Opera\, Berkeley West Edge Opera\, Oakland Lyric Opera\, Solo Opera\, San Francisco Lyric Opera\, Opera Academy of California\, Peninsula Teen Opera\, Diablo Light Opera\, Town Hall Theater\, and also at CalState University East Bay and Diablo Valley College.  Recently Alexander was rehearsal conductor for Castleton Festival’s Berkeley performances of Albert Herring and The Rape of Lucretia. Mr. Katsman serves on conducting faculties of Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute and Opera Academy of California. He is also on the coaching staff at the San Francisco Conservatory. \nLocation: JCC-SF \n3200 California Street (at Presidio) \nSan Francisco\, CA 94118
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/der-fliegende-hollander-sails-into-livermore-2328/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160507T080000
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SUMMARY:Irene Dalis - A Rememberance
DESCRIPTION:Linda Riebel conducted years of research\, interviews and conversations with many people who knew Irene Dalis\, the reknown Wagnerian mezzo soprano and opera impressario. In her talk Ms. Riebel will talk about the career of Irene Dalis as a singer and then later in life as the Founder and General Director of Opera San José. Under Dalis’ guidance Opera San José became one of the finest mid-sized opera companies in the United States and fostered the careers of hundreds of young artists. \nIn her vocal career\, Irene Dalis sang at the world’s leading opera houses:   Metropolitan Opera\, San Francisco Opera\, Royal Opera House\, Covent Garden\, Bayreuth Festival\, Chicago Lyric Opera\, Berlin\, Rome\, Naples and many others. \nLinda Riebel\, now retired\, was a psychologist and teacher. During her career she has published three books and many journal articles. An avid supporter of Opera San José\, her book on Irene Dalis was a labor of love and admiration for this remarkable artist. \nJCC-SF \n3200 California Street (at Presidio) \nSan Francisco\, CA 94118 \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/irene-dalis-a-rememberance-2326/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160415T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160415T010000
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SUMMARY:Annual Fundraiser Concert at the German Residence
DESCRIPTION:The Society is excited to announce its annual fundraiser for the William O. Cord Memorial Grant Fund on April 14th 2016 at 6:00 p.m.  \nThe event will be held at the beautiful German Residence in San Francisco. Located in Pacific Heights\, the German Residence Music Parlor has a sweeping views of the Golden Gate and San Francicso Bay.  .  .  . \nThe work to be heard was commissioned by the Wagner Society of Northern California through the William O. Cord Grant Fund. This is the first work commissioned by the Wagner Society. Based on the Tannhäuser legend and Wagner’s music\, composer Liam Wade has created a work for piano trio. Piano transcriptions of Wagner’s works are quite common\, but transcriptions for chamber ensemble are rare. A stellar group of musicians will be with us: The Lee Trio\, an extraordinary chamber ensemble will perform the new Tannhäuser Oeuvrtüre and  we are also joined by soprano Ann Moss\, pianist Steven Bailey and cellist Emil Miland. This is a unique evening of celebration and concerts in the German Residence are always memorable events. Invitations have been mailed to all members – your friends are also welcome to attend.  If you need more please e-mail:  WagnerSocNC@gmail \nAdvance reservations are REQUIRED due to security measures of the German Residence. Reservations are $100 per person
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/annual-fundraiser-concert-at-the-german-residence-2372/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160319T080000
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SUMMARY:Aidan Lang\, General Director Seattle Opera
DESCRIPTION:Aidan Lang arrived at Seattle Opera from Auckland\, New Zealand in March 2014 to “shadow” Speight Jenkins and learn the ropes at the company. After a year at the helm\, Aidan Lang will tell us about his plans for the 2016-2017 season which will be the first full season he as programmed in his new post. \nSelected by the Seattle Opera Board of Trustees after a two-year\, international search process\, Aidan Lang became Seattle Opera’s General Director on September 1\, 2014. He served as General Director of New Zealand Opera from 2006 to 2013\, and has also held positions of artistic leadership at Buxton Festival\, Glyndebourne\, and Opera Zuid. As a freelance director\, Lang staged the first Brazilian production of Wagner’s Ring at the historic Teatro Amazonas in Manaus. Other noted productions include Le Comte Ory (Welsh National Opera)\, Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Lisbon)\, The Turn of the Screw (Salzburg) and the British premieres of The Magic Fountain by Frederick Delius (Scottish Opera) and Cornet Christoph Rilke’s Song of Love and Death by Siegfried Matthus (Glyndebourne).  \nAs well as introducing Seattle Opera’s 2016/17 season\, including an insight into the repertoire planning and artistic choices\, Aidan Lang will also demonstrate the conceptual and decision processes used to create a Ring Cycle\, using his own 2005 production from Brazil’s historic Teatro Amazonas as an example. \nLocation: JCC-SF \n3200 California Street (at Presidio) \nSan Francisco\, CA 94118 \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/aidan-lang-general-director-seattle-opera-2324/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160220T090000
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SUMMARY:Tales from the Pit
DESCRIPTION:A member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1988\, Mr. Miland enjoys a much acclaimed career as a soloist\, chamber & orchestral musician. He made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony at age 16\, the same year he was selected to perform in the Rostropovich Master Classes at the University of California\, Berkeley. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music\, he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Chamber Music America. He has collaborated as a soloist in concert with Joyce DiDonato\, Susan Graham\, Marilyn Horne\, Frederica von Stade\, the late Zheng Cao and the late Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson. In 2010\, Mr. Miland was invited by von Stade to perform with her at Carnegie Hall for her farewell recital. \nMany composers have written and dedicated new works for him including Ernst Bacon\, David Conte\, David Carlson\, Shinji Eshima\, Jake Heggie\, Andrew Imbrie\, Lou Harrison\, Richard Hervig\, James Meredith and Dwight Okamura. His recordings include David Carlson’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Utah Symphony on New World Records and the Sonata for Cello and Piano with pianist\, David Korevaar on MSR Records. He is featured on many of Jake Heggie’s recordings beginning with the RCA Red Seal CD\, “The Faces of Love: The Songs of Jake Heggie” and most recently\, the 2013 release\, “Here/After: Songs of Lost Voices on Pentatone”.  \nIn his presentation\, Miland will talk about what it is like to play in the opera orchestra\, working with different conductors and a wide range of repetory.  He will also bring his cello and play some of his favorite works for us. \nSaturday February 20\, 2016 1:00 p.m. \nJCC-SF \n3200 California Street (at Presidio) \nSan Francisco\, CA 94118
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/tales-from-the-pit-2321/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160130T090000
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SUMMARY:Wagner's Bayreuth and Hitler's Munich
DESCRIPTION:Wagner’s Bayreuth and Hitler’s Munich  Professor David Clay Large\n\n	 \n\n	Germany’s history between national unification in 1871 and the Third Reich can be read in part as a tale of two Bavarian cities\, Bayreuth and Munich\, which were linked culturally and politically by the protean heritage of Richard Wagner\, among other ties.  The toxic socio-political ideology associated with Wagner’s circle of disciples at Bayreuth found echoes and perpetuators among the proponents of extreme nationalism and racism who went on to make Munich their principal center of operations during the First World War and immediate post-war era.  The chief beneficiary of this fateful embrace was Adolf Hitler\, who exploited support from Bayreuth to gain cultural credibility and political influence in Munich—and whose henchmen then deployed ideas derived from Wagnerian theater and Bayreuth-Circle social theory to transform Munich into the “Capital of the Nazi Movement.”  My lecture investigates the use—and misuse—of a complex cultural legacy in the evolution of Germany’s greatest catastrophe. \n\n	 \n\n	David Clay Large is Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies\, University of California\, Berkeley\, and Professor of History at the Fromm Institute\, University of San Francisco.  He has taught at Smith College\, Montana State University\, and Yale University\, where he was also Dean of Pierson College.  Large is the author or editor of some twelve books\, including Wagnerism in European Culture and Politics; Where Ghosts Walked: Munich’s Road to the Third Reich; Berlin: Biography of a City; Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936; and\, most recently\, The Grand Spas of Central Europe: A History of Intrigue\, Politics\, Art\, and Healing.\n\n	 \n\n	JCC-SF  2nd Floor Gallanter Hall\n\n	3200 California Street (California @ Presidio)\n\n	San Francisco\, CA
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagners-bayreuth-and-hitlers-munich-2289/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151213T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151213T090000
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SUMMARY:Cosima Party 2015
DESCRIPTION:Join the Wagner Society as we wrap-up the year with this popular celebratory event. \nThe event kicks off with a “bubbly” greeting and then our entertainment for the event. \nNoted Wagnerian soprano Maire Plette will perform her hilarious rendition of the Anna Russell’s famous “The Ring of the Nibelungen”. Marie is well-known to local audiences for her performances at the Seattle Opera\, San Francisco Opera\, Livermore Valley Opera and West Edge Opera. Ms. Plette will be accompanied by Alexander Katsman\, Artistic Director and Music Director of the Livermore Valley Opera. \nThe music will be followed by the banquet which includes fine red and white wine. \nEntree Options: \nA) Dill Crusted Salmon\, Whole Grain Mustard Beurre Blanc\, Horseradish Mashed Potatoes\, Julienne Vegetables \nB) Pork Tenderloin with Fennel and Coriander Crust\, Sweet Potato Risotto\, Julienne Vegetables \nC) Stuffed Portabella Mushroom Filled with Basmati Rice Pilaf and Roasted Tomato Sauce (Vegetarian Vegan and Gluten Free Option) \nDessert Chocolate Supreme Cake with Coffee and Tea \nRegistration for this banquet is $100 per person \nDeadline for registation is December 2nd
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/cosima-party-2015-2305/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151121T090000
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SUMMARY:Symposium - Meistersinger!
DESCRIPTION:The Poet’s Task: “It sounded so old\, and yet was so new” (Es klang so alt\, und war so neu) \nIt is Wagner Society tradition to conduct a symposium in conjunction with Wagner opera performances in San Francisco. The symposium will discuss Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Registration begins 9:30 and Symposium convenes at 10:00. We will break at Noon for a catered box lunch (lunch is included in registration fee) \nThe speakers: \nEvan Baker\, Ph.D.\, author\,  Opera Historian “Production History of Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg \nScott Foglesong\, pianist\, Professor: UC Berkeley\, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and UCSF Fromm Institute “Wagner’s Word Painting” \nDr. Arthur Colman\, M.D. UCSF Clinical Professor of Psychiatry “Wagner’s Master Class: The Psycho-analysis of Walther von Stolzing \nSimon Williams\, Ph.D. Progessor Department of Theater and Dance UC Santa Barbara “Die Meistersinger: Wagner’s Shakespearean Opera”.  \nMore detailed description of the event will be forthcoming – there is a fee for this event \nRegistration: $65 for WSNC Members      $75 for Non-Members* \nNOTE: Non-Members who register for the Symposium qualify to have a $10 reduction in annual dues for 2016. Consider joining\, you most welcome! \nLOCATION: JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA (corner of California and Presidio)  Main Floor Fisher Family Hall
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/symposium-meistersinger-2148/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151031T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151031T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
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SUMMARY:MET OPERA HD - Tannhaeuser
DESCRIPTION:VISIT YOUR LOCAL THEATER! \nJames Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading Wagnerian tenor\, Johan Botha\, takes on the daunting title role of the young knight caught between true love and passion. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth\, adding another Wagner heroine to her Met repertoire after her acclaimed Sieglinde in the Ring a few seasons ago. On the heels of his recent triumph in Parsifal\, Peter Mattei sings Wolfram\, and Michelle DeYoung is the love goddess\, Venus. \nThis is the Otto Schenk\, Günther Schneider-Siemssen production which has been at the Met since 1977. \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/met-opera-hd-tannhaeuser-2177/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151017T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151017T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
CREATED:20150603T150600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T110854Z
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SUMMARY:Wagner à quatre mains: Four-Hand Piano and the Wagner phenomenon
DESCRIPTION:JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA (corner of California and Presidio)  \nThe Wagner Society welcomes back Professor Adrian Daub\, Associate Professor of German Studies\, Stanford University \nWagner à quatre mains: Four-Hand Piano and the Wagner phenomenon \n	It is easy to see that Richard Wagner’s operas became cultural mainstays in the German-speaking world and beyond during the late nineteenth century. What may be more surprising is that many of those who effortlessly referenced his musical works\, who regarded him as the future of music\, and as the carrier of a renewed German national identity\, did not encounter them in the opera house. And even those that did lived with Wagner’s music on a day-to-basis thanks to another cultural obsession of the second half of the nineteenth century: the piano transcription\, preferably the transcription for four hands. Long is the list of famous contemporaries who did not encounter Wagner and his oeuvre as listeners\, but as players of transcriptions. \nThis lecture asks about what role piano transcription played in the constitution of Wagner’s oeuvre\, what role it played in Wagner’s own circle\, and how it shaped the cultural phenomenon of Wagner-idolatry. More specifically it will show that the Wagner-mythos intersected crucially with another: contemporaries regarded Wagner’s music as shockingly erotic\, and they generally looked at four-hand piano playing in much the same way. What bearing did it have that Wagner entered so many a bourgeois home not through the aseptic LP or the decorous visit to the opera house\, but via two bodies entwined and sweaty over a single keyboard? \nAdrian Daub received his undergraduate degree at Swarthmore College and his Masters and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. His studies focus on the intersection of music\, literature and philosophy. His numerous publications include: Four-Handed Monsters: Four-Hand Piano Playing and Nineteenth-Century Culture (Oxford University Press\, 2014)\, Uncivil Unions – The Metaphysics of Marriage in German Idealism and Romanticism  (University of Chicago Press\, 2012) and Tristan’s Shadow – Sexuality and the Total Work of Art (University of Chicago Press\, 2013). \nThis lecture is free to Wagner Society Members and $10 suggested donation for guests. \nLocation: JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA (corner of California and Presidio) 1:00 p.m. Gallanter Hall
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagner-a-quatre-mains-four-hand-piano-and-the-wagner-phenomenon-2147/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150919T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150919T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
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SUMMARY:Wagner Genius in Exile
DESCRIPTION:JCC-SF 3200 California Street (intersection of California and Presidio) San Francisco\, CA \nMEETING DATE HAS BEEN MOVED TO SEPT 19TH.* \nIn this biographical and musical road movie by Andy Sommer\, Antoine Wagner Pasquier heads to Switzerland on the trail of his great-great-grandfather\, renowned composer Richard Wagner. In order to comprehend the composer’s complex personality\, Antoine Wagner returns to sites where his ancestor lived\, meeting historians\, musicologists\, musicians\, and enlightened amateurs\, and exploring the landscapes that inspired Richard Wagner in one of his most artistically rich periods.  \nWith breathtaking vistas of Switzerland combined with photography of Antoine Wagner\, the film takes the viewer through the cities\, villages and hiking trails which  Richard Wagner visited during his two periods of exile in Switzerland. \nOur guest Antoine Wagner  Pasquier\, great great grandson of Richard Wagner\, is a French/American Artist and Filmmaker\, son of Eva Wagner Pasquier.  He was born 1982 in Evanston\, IL\, USA and presently lives and works between New York and Paris. After growing up in a trilingual household first in London and then in Paris\, Antoine Wagner came to Chicago to study theater and political science. His current work in photography and film is most interested in capturing the intricacies of human behavior. His most recent cinematographic efforts have principally been music videos\, shorts and some video works. He is currently assisting on a feature film in New York. \nAntoine Wagner attended Northwestern University where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Theater (2005) and also attended Northwestern University + Sciences Po \, Paris\, France receiving a Bachelor of Science in Political Sciences (2005). He continued his studies at New York University\, Tish School of the Arts – Film studies (2006). \n* Antoine Wagner has a new art exhibition opening in France on September 11th and it would be impossible for him to be with us on the 12th . . .  the JCC-SF graciously moved our event to September 19th. Thank you JCC-SF for being so cordial and flexible! \nLocation: JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA (corner of California and Presidio) 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagner-genius-in-exile-1935/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150911T013000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150911T013000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
CREATED:20150903T155300Z
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SUMMARY:Francesca Zambello - WNO Ring Talk
DESCRIPTION:Space is limited\, admission is available by reservation only\n\n	 \n\n	The Washington National Opera is presenting for the first time 3 complete cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen from April 30 to May 22\, 2016. This will be ​ the same widely praised production by Francesca Zambello which many Society members saw in San Francisco in 2011. The Washington National Opera has engaged an exciting cast\, many are San Francisco audience favorites. Washington National Opera Music Director Philippe Auguin will lead the WNO orchestra and a cast which includes: Alan Held\, David Cangelosi\, William Burden\, Gordon Hawkins\, Christopher Ventris\, Elizabeth Bishop\, Jamie Barton\, Eric Halfvarson and in the role of Brünnhilde Catherine Foster (Cycle 1 and 2) and Nina Stemme (Cycle 3).\n\n	 \n\n	On September 10th\, the Washington National Opera and the Wagner Society of Northern California will present a talk by WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello and you are invited to attend and hear about the first Ring Festival to be held in Washington D.C.  This talk will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Absinthe Restaurant 398 Hayes Street\, San Francisco\, CA\n\n	 \n\n	Space is limited\, admission is available by reservation only.\n\n	 \n\n	If you would like to attend and hear more about the Washington National Opera Ring please RSVP by e-mail to: Colin Brush at CMBrush@Kennedy-Center.org. Please include your full name\, phone number and e-mail address.\n\n	 \n\n	Cycle 1 April 30 – May 6\n\n	Cycle 2 May 10 – May 15\n\n	Cycle 3 May 17 – May 22\n\n	 \n\n	The Wagner Society of Northern California continues to offer group seating for Cycle #3 AND NOW Cycle #1 and Cycle #2 If you are interested in purchasing tickets\, contact Joan Lam\, the WSNC Group Ticket Coordinator atelbisivnime@gmail.com   Our tickets are allocated on priority basis\, before sales to the general public for best available seating.\n\n	 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/francesca-zambello-wno-ring-talk-2267/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150711T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150711T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
CREATED:20150120T175000Z
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SUMMARY:A Story Map of the Land of the Ring AND Wagner Societies Today
DESCRIPTION:JCC-SF 3200 California Street (intersection of California and Presidio – San Francisco\, CA) 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \nThe originally scheduled program “Genius in Exile” with Antoine Pasquier Wagner is postponed. We are in the process of rescheduling this program. The Society is delighted that Marty Kirschen has agreed to move his Fall program in to fill the spot with his talk: “Story Map of the Land of the Ring” \nThere is a special addition to the program! \nBayreuth University student Elfi Vomberg will be giving a short presentation at the beginning of the meeting. Elfi Vomberg is traveling to several cities in Germany\, the U.S. and Japan\, collecting information for her dissertation on Wagner Societies – “Wagnervereine heute” (Wagner Societies Today). Vomberg will give a short talk and will schedule one-on-one interviews with a few members. There will also be an on-line questionaire which members can complete at their leisure. \n \nNext we will introduce our guest speaker\, Marty Kirschen will give a two-part talk which will take us on a journey along the many pathways of the Ring. Part 1 is a Quiz – The Ring of Fortune\, the audience will participate in a quiz covering categories such as Distances and Directions\, Birds and Beasts\, Nature\, Human Nature to name a few. The audience will also be invited to raise their own questions and everyone gets prizes. \nIn Part Two Kirschen invites everyone to join him on this epic journey of the Ring using maps he has designed. These maps were constructed using the opera stage directions\, the libretto and a topographical map of the Rhine River and environs. Kirschen lays out directions\, distances and destinations gleaned from these many resources. The audience will follow Wotan and Alberich and other main Ring characters as they make their fortunes and suffer their misfortunes. We will examine the journeys of the treasures\, weapons and other items. And we will see caves\, forests and mountains along the way. Included in this presentation will be excerpts from the Solti Ring and the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. \nOur speaker Martin Kirschen is a retired special education teacher\, writer\, speaker\, east/west wellness facilitator and the publisher of his own opera education items (www.nibelungenterprises.com). Kirschen comes from a military family and after spending his boyhood  years in Germany\, he has lived in New York and Los Angeles. Kirschen published his first Ring Family Tree in 1979 and his enterprise has grown to distribution of these works in German and French and he has created other items such as T-Shirts\, placemats and other Ring items. \nMartin Kirschen has made this presentation for the Wagner Society of Southern California and for the Wagner Society of New York.  \n \nThis event is free to Wagner Society of Northern California and $10 for non-members.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/a-story-map-of-the-land-of-the-ring-and-wagner-societies-today-1877/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150613T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150613T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
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SUMMARY:Meistersinger Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Poet’s Task: “It sounded so old\, and yet was so new” (Es klang so alt\, und war so neu) \nIt is Wagner Society tradition to conduct a symposium in conjunction with Wagner opera performances in San Francisco. The symposium will discuss Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Registration begins 9:30 and Symposium convenes at 10:00. We will break at Noon for a catered box lunch (lunch is included in registration fee) \nThe speakers: \nEvan Baker\, Ph.D.\, author\,  Opera Historian “Production History of Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg \nScott Foglesong\, pianist\, Professor: UC Berkeley\, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and UCSF Fromm Institute “Wagner’s Word Painting” \nDr. Arthur Colman\, M.D. UCSF Clinical Professor of Psychiatry “Wagner’s Master Class: The Psycho-analysis of Walther von Stolzing \nSimon Williams\, Ph.D. Progessor Department of Theater and Dance UC Santa Barbara “Die Meistersinger: Wagner’s Shakespearean Opera”.  \nRegistration: $65 for WSNC Members      $75 for Non-Members* \nNOTE: Non-Members who register for the Symposium qualify to have a $10 reduction in annual dues for 2016. Consider joining\, you most welcome! \nLOCATION: JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA (corner of California and Presidio)  Main Floor Fisher Family Hall
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/meistersinger-symposium-2276/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150613T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150613T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
CREATED:20150120T164600Z
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SUMMARY:"Like Stalactites in Humid Caves: the Genesis of Les Troyens"
DESCRIPTION:1:00 June 13\, 2015 \nJCCSF – 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \n3200 California Street (intersection of California and Presidio) \nSan Francisco\, CA \nLes Troyens\, the tragédie lyrique that forms the crown jewel of Berlioz’s late career\, stands comfortably alongside Meyerbeer’s best\, Don Carlos\, and even its near-contemporary\, Tristan. This talk considers Berlioz’s lifelong obsession with the Aeneid\, the intimacy with Liszt and Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein that fostered the decision to go to work\, the literary and visual sources\, and the opposing force of Zukunftsmusik / musique de l’avenir. The particular focus is on the great act IV\, culminating in the wonderful G-flat love duet of Dido and Aeneas\, where the panoply of references defines what we mean by cross-fertilization of the arts in Romantic music. \nThe Society is honored to welcome Professor D. Kern Holoman\, U. C. Davis Distinguished Professor of Music emeritus\, U.C. Davis Symphony Conductor emeritus. Professor Holoman received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and he is author of the first Catalogue of the Works of Hector Berlioz (Bärenreiter\, 1987)\, the style guide Writing About Music (University of California Press\, 1988; 2nd ed.\, 2008)\, Berlioz\, A Life and Works (Harvard University Press\, 1989)\, Masterworks\, a multi-media textbook package (Prentice Hall\, 1998\, and subsequent eds.)\, The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire\,1828–1967 (University of California Press\, 2004)\, Charles Munch (Oxford University Press\, 2012)\, and The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Holoman is conductor emeritus of the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. \nThis talk is free to members of the Wagner Society of Northern California. Admission fee is $10 for non-members. \nReading up for Les Troyens? Here are some of Professor Holoman’s writings: \nhttp://hector.ucdavis.edu \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/like-stalactites-in-humid-caves-the-genesis-of-les-troyens-1872/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150609T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150609T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
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SUMMARY:Recital at the German Residence
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society of Northern California is delighted to announce that we have been invited to present a recital and reception at the German Residence of Consul General Schlueter and his wife Ana Luisa de Carvalho-Schlueter. These special Wagner Society events are delightful\, however\, this year the recital will be especially exciting.\n\n	 \n\n	The Society has invited local composer Liam Wade to organize the recital for us and he has gathered a group of superb musicians to perform:\n\n	 \n\n	WORLD PREMIERE: “The Eve of Waterloo”\, composed by Liam Wade text by Lord Byron (tenor\, piano)\n\n	 \n\n	“Full Fathom Five” premiered in 2015 composed by Liam Wade text by Edna St. Vincent Millay (soprano\, cello\, piano)\n\n	 \n\n	“Allmacht ger vater\, blick herab: Rienzi’s Prayer”  from the opera Rienzi by Richard Wagner\n\n	 \n\n	“Wintersturme” from Die Walküre by Richard Wagner\n\n	 \n\n	The musical guests joining us will be Ann Moss\, soprano\, John Packard\, tenor\, Emil Miland\, cello and Marcus Pawlik\, piano. (pictured above from left to right)\n\n	 \n\n	There is a fee for this event. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. sharp\, NO early-birds\n\n	 \n\n	BY INVITATION ONLY: This event is limited to dues-paid members only. Non-members will be permitted only if space permits.\n\n	 \n\n	Invitations will be mailed very soon\, be certain to act quickly as the seating is quite limited and German Residence events fill up quickly.  \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/recital-at-the-german-residence-2002/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150530T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150530T040000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
CREATED:20150606T225900Z
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SUMMARY:Washington National Opera - Ring 2016
DESCRIPTION:Our Group Ticket Organizer Joan Lam has worked tirelessly to put together a Group Ticket Offer to Cycle III of the Ring at the Washington National Opera in 2016. \nDates are: May 17\, May 18\, May 20 and May 22\, 2016 \nCast includes: \nWotan: Alan Held; Fricka: Jamie Barton; Fasolt: Julian Close ; Fafner: Soloman Howard; Siegmund: Christopher Ventris; Sieglinde: Meagan Miller; Brünnhilde: Nina Stemme; Alberich: Gordon Hawkins; Freia: Melody Moore; Mime: David Cangelosi\, Loge: William Burden; Hunding: Ramond Aceto; Gerhilde and Third Norn: WSNC Grant awardee Marcy Stonikas \nThis is the same production which was seen in San Francisco in 2011 by director Francesca Zambello\, with conductor Philippe Auguin\, Music Director and Principle Conductor of the Washington National Opera. \nWagner Society Members in good standing are permitted to purchase one complete Ring Cycle in this offer. The advantage in obtaining Group Seating is that the orders for Groups are processed just after Patron/Subscribers. The WSNC Group offer gets you seats before the Box Office opens for sales to the general public. \nClick above:  Washington National Opera – Ring 2016 \nThe second page contains the downloadable PDF Forms which will need to complete and mail to Joan.  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/washington-national-opera-ring-2016-2153/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150523T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150523T080000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
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SUMMARY:Art Exhibition & Concert Celebration of Richard Wagner
DESCRIPTION:HAPPY 202ND BIRTHDAY RICHARD WAGNER! \nThe Society will be exhibiting 47 painting of the late WSNC member and artist Cal Pedranti. The Firehouse/Adeline is a huge space which in which we will be able to exhibit the works. There will be a silent auction of the paintings. \nIn addition\, we have arranged lively musical entertainment featuring the Awesome Orchestra who will play music of Hector Berlioz\, Richard Wagner and film score composer Howard Shore . The Awesome Orchestra is the brainchild of conductor David Moeschler and the group is a community based group of professional musicians\, skilled non-professionals and students. \n\n	The Program:\n\n	Wagner: Lohengrin – Prelude to Act III \n\n	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique – Movement IV – “March to the Scaffold”\n\n	Shore\, Howard – The Fellowship of the Ring – Orchestral Suite (arranged by John Whitney).\n\n	 \n\n	Along with Moeschler we will also have a special guest conductor: D. Kern Holoman\, Music Director Emeritus of the University of California Davis Symphony Orchestra and noted musicologist and Berlioz scholar.\n\n	 \n\n	www.awesomeorchestra.org\nFood and assorted beverages will be available for purchase. We have engaged the services of Little Red Riding Truck German Food. This popular “off the grid” food truck serves authentic Bavarian Food. The truck will serve from Noon until 3:00. \nwww.littleredridingtrucksf.com \nThis ideal location is accessable by transit – it is right across the street from the Ashby BART Station – we encourage you to take transit.  There is ample parking at BART behind the Ed Roberts Campus or on the street around the venue. \nSaturday May 23 from Noon until 4:00. \nThe image is “Siegfried-Funeral Procession” Cal Pedranti (a work from 1985-1988) \nThe event is FREE and you are encouraged to invite friends. Attire: Casual or Trachten: dirndl or lederhosen
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/art-exhibition-concert-celebration-of-richard-wagner-1938/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150425T043000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150425T043000
DTSTAMP:20261029T132317
CREATED:20150120T161700Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar: The Music of Wagner's Ring and the Life Cycle of an Audience
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION IS CLOSED  \nThe Wagner Society is pleased to welcome Professor Heath Lees.  University professor\, broadcaster\, writer\, and musicologist\, Heath Lees is much sought-after for his lecturing skills\, especially on anything to do with Wagner. \nTwenty years ago Professor Lees and his wife founded the Wagner Society of New Zealand and from there\, Heath has now built an international reputation as a dynamic communicator on the subject of music in general and Wagner in particular. In the last two years\, Heath has presented his multi-media talks in France\, Portugal\, Australia and New Zealand. His most recent book is Mallarmé and Wagner: Music and Poetic Language. Professor Lees has also released a 4 DVD set of lectures on Wagner’s Ring. \n\n	The Music of The Ring and the Life-Cycle of an Audience\n\n	 \n\n	Thanks largely to the impact of the Chéreau Bayreuth Ring in 1978\, audiences have come to accept Wagner’s Ring not so much as a single\, unified tale in four parts\, but more as a stage-by-stage progression through four generational ‘bands’ of the 19th century:  \n\n	 \n\n\n		 Das Rheingold — the early decades of the century\,\n\n		 Die Walküre — from the 1830s\, \n\n		 Siegfried as a reflection of the 1860s\, and \n\n		 Götterdämmerung reaching up to the threshold of the 20th century.  \n\n\n	 \n\n	In this presentation\, Heath Lees takes the same kind of growth-progression\, but applies it to the experience of the audience.  To start with\, he says\, Wagner’s musical language is utterly simple and striking\, just like the baby language of Weia Weia Wagalaweia that opens Das Rheingold\, and signifies human growth after birth.  In Die Walküre the audience shares the adolescent passion of Sieglinde and Siegmund\, and through the tragic story of Wotan\, begins to experience on a deeper level the more complex musico-dramatic language (‘endless melody’) that Wagner is using. Siegfried casts the audience into the role of reluctant parents\, while Götterdämmerung treats them as grandparents\, older\, sadder and wiser\, ready to hand over the running of the world to a younger generation in the hope that something better might be made of it.\n\n	 \n\n	Using piano illustrations and filmed excerpts\, Heath selects his way through the scores of all four operas\, illustrating how Wagner’s music moves from being utterly simple (135 bars of just one chord at the start)\, to a continuous process of ever-increasing complexity and multi-layered effects.  \n\n	 \n\n	By the time audiences arrive at the end of Götterdämmerung they have lived through and gathered up what amounts to a lifetime of musical events —  a lifetime that allows them to look back over their complete musical panorama\, and fortifies them for the task of handing over to the next generation\, before passing on. \nWe will enjoy these 4 talks “symposium style” with a box lunch break midway\, box lunch is included in your reservation fee. Registration fee is $55 for members of the Wagner Society of Northern California. Non-member registration fee is $65. \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/seminar-the-music-of-wagners-ring-and-the-life-cycle-of-an-audience-1870/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150321T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150321T080000
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SUMMARY:Wagner and Bernstein: Parallels and Contrasts
DESCRIPTION:Once asked how he could love Wagner\, Leonard Bernstein replied\, “I hate Wagner. On my knees!” Wagner and Bernstein shared extraordinary numbers of common characteristics. Both were flamboyant\, controversial\, and changed the face of music in their time and beyond. Both men were hugely successful as musicians and writers\, with egos to match\, and needed endless adoration from people. And both were geniuses in their own right. This presentation explores the parallels and contrasts in Wagner and Bernstein’s life paths and how\, ultimately\, their life works intersected. \nThe Wagner Society of Northern California is thrilled to welcome back speaker\, author and lecturer Erica Miner. Former Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica Miner studied with Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Joseph Silverstein at Boston University\, New England Conservatory and Tanglewood Music Center\, where she also worked with Leonard Bernstein. Now an award-winning author\, screenwriter\, lecturer and arts writer for musical websites such as usBachtrack.com\, Broadway World\, and Opera Pulse\, Erica has presented lectures for numerous groups on the west coast\, including the three Wagner Societies in California\, and will present for the Boston Wagner Society in 2015. Her recent thriller novel MURDER IN THE PIT authentically reflects her experiences in the Met Orchestra. http://www.ericaminer.com \nMembers are free of charge\, Guests welcome for a donation of $10
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagner-and-bernstein-parallels-and-contrasts-1767/
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SUMMARY:Call Me Debbie
DESCRIPTION:Wagner Society Members may wish to attend this program which is presented by the JCC-SF Arts and Ideas Lecture Series. \nDeborah Voigt has had an illustrious career singing on the stages of the great opera houses of the world. Well known as an exponent of both Wagner and Strauss\, Voigt’s repetory covers Strauss’ Ariadne to Puccini’s Minnie (Fanciulla del West). Debbie will talk about her life as an artist in her inimitable style. Those who purchase tickets will receive a copy of her newly-released autobiography “Call Me Debbie”. \nIt has been announced that Ms. Voigt will treat the audience to a few songs as well. \nhttps://www.jccsf.org/arts-ideas/lectures/arts-entertainment/deborah-vo… \nPrices: Single tickets (one book)  Standard – $45  Premium $55                                \n             Couple tickets (one book for the couple)  Standard – $70  Premium – $85 \nReservations can be made through the JCC-SF Website. Members of the Society will receive a discount if they use the code VOIGT25 during the check-out process.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/call-me-debbie-1875/
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SUMMARY:Thomas Edison's Wagner Recordings
DESCRIPTION:Believe it or not\, many of the first of Thomas Edison’s two minute cylinder recordings were of opera singers. Many of the first issues were oriented toward recording Wagner\, in spite of the duration restrictions of the cylinders. It seems that Edison had hopes of exploiting an untapped commercial market in America. Wagnerian opera was immensely popular at the Metropolitan Opera during the early 20th century and was also gaining wider exposure due to their national tours. Tours featured productions of Parsifal\, Tannhäuser and the Ring. \nOur guest speaker is Jeffrey McMillan who has been researching the Edison cylinders supported by a grant from the Association of Recorded Sound Collections. This research has so far led to several significant discoveries including the exact dates and locations of the Edison recordings. McMillan will present his findings and discuss how the National Phonograph Company’s cylinders compliment the overall history of Wagner singing in America before the Great War. Edison focused on tenors as has McMillan’s research. We will hear about the American careers of Heinrich Knote\, Andreas Dippel and the most peculiar caree of them all\, Alois Burgstaller. A product of Bayreuth training and the advocacy of cosima Wagner\, Burgstaller sang exclusively Wagnerian roles throughout his career. \nJeffrey McMillan holds a graduate degree in Jazz History and Research and served as an archivist of the Metropolitan Opera for 10 years. Now based in the Bay Area\, McMillan continues his work as a consultant to the Met\, as a freelance writer and as Managing Editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Jazz Studies. He currently serves as the Executive Administrator for American Bach Soloists. \nMembers – Free of Charge \nGuests are welcome for a $10 donation
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/thomas-edisons-wagner-recordings-1769/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150110T090000
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SUMMARY:Jess Thomas "A Dream Forged Into Reality"
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society is delighted to welcome Victor Thomas and Jess Thomas\, Jr.\, sons of the unforgettable tenor Jess Thomas. \nThe Thomas brothers will present a multi-media presentation for the Society\, a program which will include: \n\n\n		The documentary film A Dream Forged into Reality\n\n		Jess Thomas’ own home movies from Bayreuth with narration\n\n		Excerpts of a radio interview with Jess Thomas\n\n		Audio clips of Thomas singing his most famous Wagnerian roles\n\n		Costumes and other memorabilia from Jess Thomas’ illustrious career\n\nYou won’t want to miss this presentation. \nThis program is free to members of the Wagner Society of Northern California\, guests are welcome for a $10 entry fee \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/jess-thomas-a-dream-forged-into-reality-1765/
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