Unfortunately the Zoom broadcast wasn't recorded. We have obtained a video of a very similar talk given by Reverend Cheng for the Wagner Society of New York. We thank The… Continue reading Queering Wagner with Dr. Patrick S. Cheng
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PROGRAM: https://youtu.be/b3kgYaRscdU The focus of the WSNC this fall will be the performances of "Tristan und… Continue reading “Tristan und Isolde: Wagner’s Most Subversive Opera?” with Simon Williams
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PROGRAM: https://youtu.be/Qjlbaw4QqcI As the premiere of the San Francisco Opera’s eagerly anticipated production of… Continue reading Director Paul Curran on Tristan und Isolde
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The Wagner Society is thrilled that world-renowned director and impressaria Francesca Zambello will join us to talk about the design and direction process of how an opera comes together.
HERE IS A LINK TO THE PERFORMANCE OF WAGNER’S WESENDONCK LIEDER THAT WAS FEATURED AT THIS EVENT - https://youtu.be/Qj8m9k3DcB0 Our traditional Wagner-centric Holiday Celebration returns once more to the classic… Continue reading Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration Brunch
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PROGRAM: https://youtu.be/_epM6lu9Lxw Maestro Leo Eylar takes us on a journey exploring Wagner's use of Leitmotifs focusing on the Ring. He… Continue reading Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Thematic Transformation (aka Leitmotifs) with Maestro Leo Eylar
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PROGRAM: https://youtu.be/fG_AiOQZYjE HERE IS A LINK TO THE FULL FILM SOFT VALKYRIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Q_3bcdu8g&t=3553s Writing to Brahms in 1875, Wagner described… Continue reading Soft Valkyrie with David Kanaga
"The potion drunk, the lovers exposed - they will yearn for each other for the rest of their days...." Live on Zoom, Desirée Mays will introduce a video performance of… Continue reading The Lover’s Bane: The story of Tristan and Yseult as told in Medieval Art and Literature – a Zoom Presentation with Desiree Mays
HERE IS A LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEOHxGrkIyo When Franz Lachner was conducting Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer in Munich in 1864, he is famously reported to have… Continue reading Der Fliegende Hollander – After the Storm, a Zoom Talk with Jeffrey Buller
HERE IS A LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-snfkvxiRU Join us for a casual meet-up and dinner at the sehr echt Suppenküche in San Francisco's Hayes Valley… Continue reading 2025 Wagner Birthday Party
HERE IS A LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA12I6m81pg Well-known to Wagner Society members from his previous talks to the Society as well at other venues around… Continue reading The Quest for the Grail: Parsifal by the Bay with Kip Cranna
HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/Aa1yHE6GuD8 This pair of lectures is a shortened version of a 4-session course that Nicolas Krusek taught in conjunction… Continue reading Wagner and Nietzsche – Part 1 of a two-part lecture series with Nicolas Krusek
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
Click for full details 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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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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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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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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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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