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SUMMARY:West Edge Opera - "Legend of the Ring" An Introduction with Jonathan Khuner
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PROGRAM: https://youtu.be/lJ_atae246U\nThe Wagner Society welcomes West Edge Opera Music Director Jonathan Khuner who will introduce us to “Legend of the Ring”. West Edge Opera has presented this condensed Ring twice before. The upcoming encore presentation will be considerably different than the previous productions. This time West Edge will present Legend of the Ring in a “real theater” with a pit area for a larger orchestra so Khuner has augmented the score with additional music and musicians. \nHe will present his talk at the piano with musical excerpts and arias by Elisabeth Rosenberg who\, with Maestro Khuner\, will give the Society a guided tour through Brünnhilde’s journey. The program will include a few excerpts from each of the four segments of Legend of the Ring. The presentation will show Brünnhilde’s development through vocal characterization\, beginning with the carefree exuberance of “Hojotoh!” through her solemn embrace of immolation.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/west-edge-opera-legend-of-the-ring-introduction/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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SUMMARY:Parsifal - A Documentary Film
DESCRIPTION:The Society will have a documentary film presentation.  The recent screening of Flying Dutchman Fire and Ice was quite a success so we will present another film by Werner Boote.  This film is entitled Parsifal\, Indiana Jones and Richard Wagner. Previously screened by the Society in 2004\, this film traces the legend of the Grail from the Holy Land to Spain. The film also goes behind the scenes at the Vienna Staatsoper as they prepared Wagner’s Parsifal for a new production staged by Christine Mielitz.  The film contains interviews with Donald Runnicles\, Johan Botha\, Thomas Quasthoff and Angela Denoke. \nWe convene at the JCC-SF\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/parsifal-a-documentary-film/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T150000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
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SUMMARY:Bayreuth\, A History with Emma Popek
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS AN ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS EVENT:  https://youtu.be/0aZ9G6X549Q       \nAs Wagnerians\, we are drawn to the Bayreuth Festival to see innovative opera productions and enjoy its special atmosphere. For us it is a destination\, a Wagnerian Mecca. Bayreuth\, however\, existed long before Richard Wagner put it on the map and made it famous. This sleepy Bavarian town located on the crossroads of Central Europe has an unexpectedly interesting history starting from its obscure origins in the Middle Ages to the traumatic events of the 20th century. This talk will present Bayreuth as a place where significant events of the broader European history took place and shaped it to what it is today. \nEmma Popek is a retired analytical chemist\, environmental technical and quality assurance manager\, and author of an internationally-acknowledged textbook on environmental data collection and analysis. In addition to music\, her lifelong passion is Classical literature and history. In retirement she applied her analytical skills and power of deduction to Classics and comparative literature. In 2021\, she organized a Zoom conference\, Symposium Peregrinum\, for international Greco-Roman scholars where she gave a talk titled “A Journey of a Hero—Achilles\, Siegmund\, and Choices They Make”. The same year she gave a presentation to the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest titled “The Intersection of Classics and Late Romanticism—Homer\, Ovid\, and Richard Wagner”. Emma is a WSNC Board Member and the WSNC Treasurer. \n\n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/bayreuth-a-history-a-zoom-webinar/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240224T153000
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SUMMARY:Jonathan McPhee - Ring Reduction for Piano
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/QhtFRauyy64\nMaestro Jonathan McPhee is an artist in residence at Boston University\, the Music Director of the Lexington Symphony and since 1992 has been a guest conductor for the Houston Ballet. McPhee will introduce us to his most recent work “Wagner – the Essential RING” an adaptation of Wagner’s Ring for piano. McPhee is among a handful of artists who create reduced orchestrations of large\, well-known classical music pieces. Maestro McPhee has experience on both sides of the podium – including leadership roles at orchestras around the country and conducting for professional orchestras of all sizes in major halls around the world. \n“My approach is always to be respectful of the original intentions\,” McPhee says. “But I know how orchestras of all sizes sound\, which allows for maintenance of the textures\, colors and integrity of the composer’s sound world. It’s possible to make listeners think they’re hearing eight horns when only four are playing by combining them with trombones and bassoons. A lot of this work involves tricking the ear into hearing sounds produced by instruments other than the ones originally used.”
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/johnathan-mcphee-ring-reduction-for-piano/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T150000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
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SUMMARY:Flying Dutchman - a video presentation
DESCRIPTION:Our first Member’s Meeting for 2024 will be a film presentation.  Our film is entitled “The Flying Dutchman\, Fire and Ice”  In this film we will be introduced to a real “Flying Dutchman” a sailor circumnavigating the globe in his sailing ship. This will be juxtaposed with a production of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman at the Vienna Staatsoper. The film goes behind the scenes with director Christine Mielitz\, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and the cast which includes Falk Struckmann. \nNoted documentatian Werner Boote created this intriguing film. \nThis event is free to WSNC Members.  We hope to see you there.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/flying-dutchman-a-video-presentation/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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SUMMARY:WSNC Member's Meeting - Members share their Wagner Memories from 2023
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will take place at the JCC-SF on Saturday\, November 11th at 1:00 p.m.  This is a Member’s Meeting and we have 5 member volunteers who will make presentations to the group.  Three members will recount their first trip to the Bayreuth Festival and we will have 2 book reports on recent publications about Richard Wagner. The location is JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA.  There is parking in the lower level garage at the JCC-SF\, upon entry take your receipt and pay at the kiosks in the garage when you exit. There is also parking across the street at the UCSF Center – you must pay in advance at the kiosks and place the receipt in your vehicle. There is also some street parking\, but it can be scarce.  I look forward to welcoming members! \nMembers are free\, guests are $10 per person \nThis will be our final meeting for the year. Due to the unique\, spectacular October 30th banquet with Simon O’Neill\, we elected to forgo the customary Cosima Party in December. \nWe meet at:\nJCC-SF – 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall\n3200 California Street\nSan Francisco\, CA \nThere is parking under the building for a fee. You will get a ticket when you enter\, when you exit pay at the kiosks within the garage.  There is parking across the street at the UCSF-Laurel Heights – this is for a fee.  Pre-Pay at the kiosk and place the receipt on your dashboard.  There is some street parking\, however it is scarce.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wsnc-members-meeting-members-share-their-wagner-memories-from-2023/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231030T180000
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SUMMARY:A Musical Evening with Heldentenor Simon O'Neill
DESCRIPTION:A Musical Evening with Heldentenor Simon O’Neill\nMonday October 30\, 2023 \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. \nSimon O’Neill participated in the San Francisco Opera Merola Program (2002) and subsequently received a career grant from the Wagner Society of Northern California. O’Neill’s career has taken him to great opera houses worldwide and is focused on Wagnerian roles. Simon O’Neill will be performing the title role in Wagner’s Lohengrin at the San Francisco Opera. You can read more about his career on his website:  https://www.simononeill.com/grace/Biography.html
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/a-musical-evening-with-heldentenor-simon-oneill/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T130000
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SUMMARY:Lohengrin in the 21st Century: The Challenge of Production with Simon Williams
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS PROGRAM: https://youtu.be/Q-6QGZN62jk \nLohengrin is\, arguably\, the Wagnerian music drama that is most closely tied to the time in which it was composed. In dramatic form\, staging\, and in much of the music\, Lohengrin appealed directly to mid-19th century audience tastes; thematically it also engaged with nationalist and Romantic issues. Until well into the 20th century\, it was the most frequently produced of Wagner’s works. Now\, it is less frequently performed. This talk identifies both those features of Lohengrin that appealed to Wagner’s contemporaries and those that indicated his advance into fully fledged music drama. It will then suggest through slides and video how modern performers have interpreted Lohengrin from the perspective of the 21st century. \nSimon Williams was a Professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of Santa Barbara for thirty years. He has taught at universities on four continents\, including the University of Regina\, of Alberta\, Cornell University and\, since 1984\, UCSB. He has published widely in the fields of European continental theatre\, the history of acting\, Shakespearean performance\, and operatic history. His major publications include “German Actors of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries” (Greenwood\, 1985)\, “Shakespeare on the German Stage\, 1586-1914” (Cambridge\, 1990)\, “Richard Wagner and Festival Theatre” (Greenwood\, 1994)\, and “Richard Wagner and the Romantic Hero” (Cambridge\, 2004). He has contributed numerous articles in his fields of specialty in edited volumes and leading periodicals. He is also an active director and reviewer of opera. His current projects include co-editing “A History of the German Theatre” for Cambridge University Press and studies of Shakespeare in the eighteenth century and European opera in the nineteenth.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/lohengrin-the-challenge-of-production-with-simon-williams/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230624T130000
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SUMMARY:Strauss's Evolving Relationship with Wagner's Creative Legacy with Katherine Syer
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL VIDEO OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/HBQ0gCHIFo4 \nStrauss’s collaboration with the poet and dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal on Elektra (1909) spawned a creative relationship that swiftly moved in new stylistic directions with Der Rosenkavalier (1911) and Ariadne auf Naxos (1912). Ideas that would lead to Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919) started germinating in these years\, with Wagner’s creative legacy proving to be a potent wellspring for both poet and composer. In this presentation\, we consider some of the way’s Wagner’s legacy is threaded through this evolutionary phase for Strauss and turning point in history. \nKatherine Syer has taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the theatre studies and musicology departments and in the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. Her areas of expertise include historical and contemporary opera/theatre production\, grounding her work as a dramaturg for spoken and lyric theatre. Syer’s scholarship focusing on Wagner’s creative development and legacy has been published in several volumes and journals. Her monograph “Wagner’s Visions: Poetry\, Politics and the Psyche in the Operas through Die Walküre” appeared in 2014 (Boydell and Brewer). An international opera critic for over 30 years\, Syer is an avid performing arts advocate and frequent public speaker.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/strausss-evolving-relationship-with-wagners-creative-legacy/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230618T120000
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SUMMARY:Heldentenor Clay Hilley in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/JgYsw8359uQ \nIn this Zoom Webinar\, we get to know heldentenor Clay Hilley. Praised in The New York Times for his “vocal heft\, clarion sound and stamina\,” by de Volkskrant for a “sublime” voice\, in the Financial Times for his “extraordinary energy and stamina\,” and heralded by Concerti for having\, ”sung himself into the front row of the hero tenors….” American Clay Hilley appears at the world’s leading opera houses and concert venues in the most challenging heldentenor repertoire. \nAt age 39\, Hilley sang Siegfried in Wagner’s Der Ring Des Nibelungen in Stefan Herheim’s new production at Deutsche Oper Berlin under the baton of Sir Donald Runnicles. This was where many WSNC Members became acquainted with Clay Hilley.  His most recent triumph was at the 2022 Bayreuther Festspiele\, where he replaced an ailing colleague as Siegfried for the premiere of Valentin Schwarz’s new production of Götterdämmerung under the baton of Cornelius Meister. On less than twenty-four hours’ notice\, he was flown from his vacation in Italy for this prominent debut\, a performance acclaimed by critics and Bayreuth’s audience alike. \nGet to know Clay better in this profile on Opera Wire: https://operawire.com/life-on-the-road-opera-couple-sara-duchovnay-clay-hilley-open-up-about-the-rv-lifestyle/
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/heldentenor-clay-hilley-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T193000
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SUMMARY:Richard Wagner Birthday Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join the Wagner Society of Northern California in celebration of Richard Wagner’s Birthday.\nWe are gathering immediately following the West Bay Opera performance of Flying Dutchman on Sunday May 28th at: \nBistro Maxine – in Palo Alto’s historic downtown\n548 Ramona Street\nPalo Alto\, CA  \nRamona Street is pedestrian only\, however\, there are parking lots and street parking in the area. \nBeverages\, snacks and birthday cake will be served. \nYou do not have to attend the performance to enjoy the celebration. We will also be including members of the cast and crew of West Bay Opera’s Flying Dutchman. \nIf you do not wish to pay on-line\, please mail a check to:\nEmma Popek\, Treasurer\nWagner Society of Northern California\n2119 Wilmington Drive\nWalnut Creek\, CA 94596-6238
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/richard-wagner-birthday-reception/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T100000
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SUMMARY:Author Larry Wolff - In The Shadow of the Empress
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL RECORDING ON THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/UU3uAEVw4-g \nAs the Bay Area braces for the San Francisco Opera’s production of Strauss’ opera Die Frau Ohne Schatten\, The Wagner Society welcomes renowned author Larry Wolff. Wolff will discuss his new book\, “The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy”. This  book explores how the changing circumstances of politics and society transformed the Strauss/von Hofmannsthal opera and its cultural meanings before\, during\, and after the First World War. The influence of Wagner’s music on Strauss’s style was to be profound\, but at first his musically conservative father forbade him to study it. Indeed\, in the Strauss household\, the music of Richard Wagner was viewed with deep suspicion\, and it was not until the age of 16 that Strauss was able to obtain a score of Tristan und Isolde. Die Frau Ohne Schatten has not been performed in San Francisco since 1990. This webinar will help us to understand this monumental work. \nLarry Wolff is Silver Professor in the Department of History at New York University. His books with Stanford University Press include “Inventing Eastern Europe”\, “Venice and the Slavs”\, “The Idea of Galicia”\, “The Singing Turk”\, and “Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe”.\nWSNC will convene at an earlier time as our speaker is based on the East Coast.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/author-larry-wolff-in-the-shadow-of-the-empress/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230408T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230408T153000
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SUMMARY:A Preview of The Flying Dutchman at West Bay Opera with Ragnar Conde
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO AN ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/LdPp_p5RHtA \nA native of Mexico\, Ragnar Conde is one of the most important Mexican opera stage directors. He has participated in over 150 performing arts projects in Mexico\, the United States\, France\, Switzerland\, Italy and Colombia. These projects include theatre\, opera\, musicals\, concerts and films\, with credits ranging from Stage Director\, Producer\, Writer\, and Acting Coach to Scenic\, Lighting and Costume Designer. Mr. Conde was the Apprentice Stage Director selected for the Merola Opera Program for 2011 at San Francisco Opera Center. \nIn this webinar\, Conde introduces the cast who will perform and also show us some of the designs created for the production of The Flying Dutchman will be performed in Palo Alto in May\, 2023.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/webinar-a-preview-of-west-bay-opera-flying-dutchman-with-ragnar-conde/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230325T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230325T150000
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SUMMARY:100 Years at the San Francisco Opera with Jeffrey McMillan
DESCRIPTION:We are very sorry that the video of this lecture wasn’t up to our usual standard. https://youtu.be/u35wbPBMB1s \nSan Francisco has had a love affair with opera for more than 168 years. In fact\, citizens during the Gold Rush were mad for it. Between 1851 and the earthquake of 1906\, nearly 5\,000 opera performances were given in San Francisco in 26 different theaters. San Francisco Opera was founded in 1923\, thanks to a young Neapolitan conductor named Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) who came to San Francisco in 1906. During this 100 year history\, the operas of Richard Wagner held a prominent place in the repertory. \nThe Wagner Society welcomes Jeffrey McMillan\, Senior Communications Manager for San Francisco Opera. McMillan will talk about the history of Wagner performance at the San Francisco Opera and the illustrious Wagnerians who are a part of this history.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/100-years-at-the-san-francisco-opera/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T143000
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SUMMARY:Wotan and Prospero - The Price of Power with Claudia Stevens
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/Zrm688rX86k \nWhat is it about power? It fascinates\, it terrifies. Tyrants cling to it. Inevitably they fall\, and often their world collapses around them. That is the stuff of theater and of opera. In Claudia Stevens’ presentation\, she considers Wotan’s loss of power and stirring farewell to Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She asks was this moving and powerful scene influenced by Shakespeare or even by the example of Beethoven under the spell of Shakespeare? Shakespeare and Beethoven often were cited by Wagner as deeply important\, affecting his life and work. She explores briefly what works of Shakespeare\, e.g. “King Lear”\, and what representations by Beethoven of characters or situations in Shakespeare plays\, Wagner likely knew and might have referenced. Lear\, in his tragic parting with Cordelia\, has been proposed by the critic Michael Halliwell as a model for Wotan in the farewell scene. But might the actual inspiration have been Prospero in “The Tempest”? The parallels between Prospero and Wotan are too significant to be coincidental. Both gained and wielded their power by acquiring arcane knowledge\, and both poignantly and memorably would relinquish their power. Stevens proposes that the relationship between Prospero with his daughter Miranda was a possible\, even likely\, model for that between Wotan and Brünnhilde. Wotan’s transgression and abuse of power caused his downfall. But what about Shakespeare’s Prospero? Shakespeare leaves us guessing about Prospero’s “dark backward.” The unusual ending of the play\, in which Prospero relinquishes power and asks to be set free by prayer\, suggests that\, like Wotan\, he was plagued by guilt. Focusing on the musical and dramatic representation of power\, its seductions\, its use and abuse\, she concludes with a preview of the new opera Prospero’s Island\, by Allen Shearer on her libretto\, which premieres at Herbst Theatre. In this provocative adaptation\, Prospero is an all-too-real man with complex motivations– a despotic and manipulative character with a dark past\, rather than Shakespeare’s more enigmatic benign wizard whose motivations are veiled. Her Prospero\, more closely resembling Wagner’s Wotan\, yields insights into the seductions of power\, the relationship between father and daughter\, master and servant\, that not only are psychologically potent: they are the stuff of opera. The talk will be illustrated with readings and musical excerpts\, several performed “live.” \nOur speaker is Professor Claudia Stevens\, who presented the talk “But of course\, the real villain is Wagner! – or\, Wagner in the novels of E.M. Forster” for the Society in 2019. Claudia Stevens is a summa cum laude graduate of Vassar College and holds graduate degrees from UC Berkeley and Boston University. Eight chamber operas she created with Allen Shearer have been produced to date (2023).
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wotan-and-prospero-the-price-of-power-2880/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230114T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230114T133000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
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SUMMARY:Wagner the Conductor - With Professor Chris Walton
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT:: https://youtu.be/HYiiyBfbHNE \nRichard Wagner was regarded as one of the leading orchestral conductors of his day\, even among those such as Eduard Hanslick who were highly skeptical of his aesthetic and his methods. Through his disciples Hans von Bülow\, Hans Richter\, Anton Seidl\, Felix Mottl\, Arthur Nikisch and their protégés in turn (most notably Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler)\, Wagner succeeded in making his art of interpretation the norm in Europe and America until well into the 20th century. He also committed his ideas about conducting to paper\, and these essays had a long-lasting impact on subsequent generations of conductors from Mengelberg to Furtwängler\, Böhm\, Scherchen and beyond. Even those conductors generally believed to have been antithetical to his ideas – such as Arturo Toscanini – adopted many of Wagner’s recommendations when performing the German Classics. \nIn 2021\, Chris Walton published the first complete\, modern English translation of Wagner’s essays on conducting\, along with an extensive commentary on their reception and impact. In this talk\, he  discusses Wagner’s conducting practices\, his innovations in tempo\, his art of transition\, his creation of a new vocabulary to describe his art\, and his success in establishing a school of conductors to promote his works and his aesthetic. Walton studied at the universities of Cambridge\, Oxford and Zurich. He has published widely on Central European music and is today an honorary professor at the University of Stellenbosch and lectures in music history in Bern and Basel.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagner-the-conductor-with-professor-chris-walton/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221211T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221211T150000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20230404T003509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T230052Z
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SUMMARY:2022 Cosima Wagner Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society gathered at the beautiful Marine’s Memorial Club and Hotel\, Crystal Ballroom for our year-end champagne celebration. Our musical guests were mezzo soprano Kindra Scharich and her piano partner Jeffrey LaDeur. Ms. Scharich sang several of the Wesendonck Lieder and other German Lied. As is customary we had a drawing for prizes. \nIt was a delightful event enjoyed by approximately 70 revelers. \nHERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/svZTzU7zchY \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/2022-cosima-wagner-birthday-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20220615T191900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T230344Z
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SUMMARY:LvanB! with Scott Foglesong
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/RA3y4JwaIn8 \nOur guest is Professor Scott Foglesong who presents: “LvanB!” which Scott describes as “a heartfelt tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven\, he who gave us Kunst with a capital K\, HE whose Ninth Symphony Wagner described as “the mystical goal of all my strange thoughts and desires about music.” While we’re (belatedly) celebrating LvanB’s 250th birthday\, we’ll try to keep the strange desires to a minimum. \nScott Foglesong is Chair of Music Theory and Musicianship\, Technology and Applied Musicianship at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Foglesong also teaches at U.C. Berkeley and the Fromm Institute. He annotates programs for the San Francisco Symphony\, California Symphony\, Philhamonia Baroque and the Las Vegas Symphony.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/lvanb-with-professor-scott-foglesong-2875/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T140000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20220922T222900Z
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SUMMARY:Who is the true hero of the Ring? - A Case for Siegmund
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/HOfb9AVwY2s \nEmma Popek\, PhD\, presents this fascinating talk on the eternally unresolved topic – who is the true hero of the Ring of the Nibelung? The talk is based on her detailed studies of the The Ring of the Nibelung\, the poem that serves as the libretto for the opera. Words matter in the Ring as much as the music. The words uttered by the key characters Siegmund\, Wotan and Brünnhilde coupled with some psychological insights establish a logical basis for a case for Siegmund. \nEmma Popek is a retired analytical chemist\, environmental technical and quality assurance manager\, and author of an internationally-acknowledged textbook on environmental data collection and analysis. She is also a member of the WSNC Board of Directors as well as its Treasurer. In addition to music\, she has a lifelong passion is Classical literature and history. In retirement\, she applied her analytical skills and the power of deduction to Classics and comparative literature. In 2021\, she organized a Zoom conference\, Symposium Peregrinum\, for international Greco-Roman scholars where she gave a talk titled “A Journey of a Hero—Achilles\, Siegmund\, and the Choices They Make.” That same year she gave a presentation to the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest titled “The Intersection of Classics and Late Romanticism—Homer\, Ovid\, and Richard Wagner”.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/who-is-the-true-hero-of-the-ring-a-case-for-siegmund-2878/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220917T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220917T100000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20220615T193900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T093637Z
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SUMMARY:Global Wagner - From Bayreuth to the World
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society of Northern California is delighted to present a screening of this new documentary “Global Wagner\, From Bayreuth to the World” by Axel Brüggemann. In this film Brüggemann examines the cult-like following Wagner has throughout the world.\nAs described on the DVD cover: “The film is a feature-length study of life with Wagner’s Legacy from one Bayreuth Festival to the next\, and we will travel the world to meet devoted Wagnerians and the most intimately involved in commenting on and producing his work today” \nThanks to Naxos and Kick! Films for permitting us to screen this intriguing documentary film. \nThis program is free to dues-paid Wagner Society Members.\nJCC-SF\n3200 California Street\nSan Francisco\,CA
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/global-wagner-from-bayreuth-to-the-world-2876/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220709T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220709T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20220615T184100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T231058Z
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SUMMARY:A Spotlight on Leitmotifs - Another Look at Wagner's Ring with Kip Cranna
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT::\nhttps://youtu.be/MFBPFZPL04E \nThe leitmotifs in The Ring are an endless source of fascination. San Francisco Opera’s Dramaturg Emeritus\, Kip Cranna\, will use video and audio examples to explore the meanings\, transformations. and interrelationships of leitmotivs in The Ring to bring some new insights into Wagner’s genius. \nClifford (Kip) Cranna\, Dramaturg Emeritus of San Francisco Opera\, served on the staff for over forty years and was Director of Music Administration for over thirty years. In 2008 he was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal\, the company’s highest honor\, and in 2012 he received the Bernard Osher Cultural Award for distinguished efforts to bring excellence to a cultural institution. In 2014 he received the Star of Excellence Award for outstanding service to the programs of the San Francisco Opera Guild. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Stanford University and teaches opera appreciation at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco and at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI) at U.C. Berkeley\, San Francisco State University\, and Dominican University.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/spotlight-on-leitmotives-another-look-at-wagners-ring-with-kip-cranna-2874/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220618T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220618T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
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SUMMARY:The Metropolitan Opera Career of Kirsten Flagstad with Paul Thomason
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/WqbdJIrTHDo \nDuring Kirsten Flagstad’s career she enchanted millions of people\, and today her recordings are a touchstone that prove truly great singing can convey astounding depths of emotion while still remaining beautiful—even in the most strenuous roles written by Richard Wagner. But The Flagstad of Legend could very easily never have happened. Except for a series of fortuitous circumstances it is quite possible that Kirsten Flagstad would have always remained what she was before her Metropolitan Opera debut—a well-respected\, hard-working soprano virtually unknown outside of Scandinavia. In this talk\, Paul Thomason investigates the remarkable trail of events that eventually led to what is\, without a doubt\, the most astonishing debut in the history of the Metropolitan Opera—and we’ll hear some excerpts from that actual performance\, some recordings she made very early in her career\, and a couple of other live broadcasts from her first season at the Met. \nPaul Thomason has contributed commentary and program notes to opera publications worldwide. His work has appeared in the Metropolitan Opera Playbill for over two decades\, and he regularly writes for the San Francisco Opera\, Los Angeles Opera\, Chicago Symphony\, Aspen Music Festival\, and the Juilliard School. Thomason has taught at the San Francisco Conservatory Extension Division\, given pre-performance lectures at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC\, SF Symphony\, SF Opera\, Stern Grove Festival\, and produced radio programs for classical music stations in both New York City and San Francisco.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/webinar-with-paul-thomason-the-metropolitan-opera-career-of-kirsten-flagstad-2873/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220523T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220523T123000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20220429T212500Z
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SUMMARY:2022 Richard Wagner Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED. \nSee you at the next meeting or at the Cosima Party in December
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/2022-richard-wagner-birthday-celebration-2869/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220416T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220416T150000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20230403T235719Z
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SUMMARY:Das Liebesverbot - Pocket Opera's No Love Allowed with Jonathan Khuner
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/tyKdHDGUnII \nIn this live presentation\, Maestro Jonathan Khuner introduced the members to Das Liebesverbot\, a rarely performed Wagner Opera. At this meeting Khuner described the Pocket Opera Production\, provided background about this early Wagner Opera and we enjoyed musical excerpts from the opera by Soprano Leslie Sandefur who sang the role of Isabella and Alexa Anderson who sang the role of Mariana. \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/das-liebesverbot-pocket-operas-no-love-allowed-with-jonathan-khuner/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center – San Francisco\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220320T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220320T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20230404T000708Z
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SUMMARY:A Visit to the Steingraeber Piano Manufactory - Bayreuth Germany
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/ouoiLG9Eo4c \nCome with us as we visit with Udo Steingraeber\, General Manager Steingraeber Piano Manufactory and Museum in Bayreuth\, where the Steingraeber family has produced pianos since 1852 and provided fine pianos to many of the greatest composers including Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner. In this visit we will learn about the history of the Steingraeber workshop and how their innovations created the foundations for the modern piano.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/a-visit-to-the-steingraber-piano-factory-bayreuth-germany/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20230404T003017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T013100Z
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SUMMARY:The Bayreuth Stipendiat Experience with Cesar Cañon
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/4Vn-wQH4qSk \nIn 2021 the Wagner Society was very delighted to provide a Bayreuth Stipendiat Scholarship to former Adler Fellow Cesar Cañon. Cañon graciously joined us from Oslo\, Norway and shared with us the Stipendiat experience. His webinar included many observations\, experiences and some videos of his trip to Bayreuth. \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/the-bayreuth-stipendiat-experience-with-cesar-canon/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220115T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
CREATED:20220108T173000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T233628Z
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SUMMARY:Götterdämmerung: To End at the Beginning with Jeffrey Buller - a Zoom Presentation
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/8HPf4WP4-jo \nGötterdämmerung has\, of course\, one of the most famous endings in all of operatic history. But how did that ending come about? By exploring the gradual evolution of Brünnhilde’s immolation scene\, we come to recognize certain patterns that are present\, not just in the final work of the Ring\, but in all the preceding operas of the cycle. We also gain insight into how Wagner wove together concepts he drew from German and Scandinavian literature\, Greek epics and tragedy\, Eastern and nineteenth-century philosophy\, the politics of his time\, and other sources to create a work that operates on many different levels simultaneously and that constantly brings audiences new experiences through different performances and stagings. \nJeffrey L. Buller was born in Wisconsin and holds a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has held academic or administrative positions at Loras College\, Georgia Southern University\, Mary Baldwin College\, and Florida Atlantic University. Known to different publics as a classicist\, scholar of Wagnerian music drama\, expert in academic administration\, and novelist; Buller has lectured and performed consultancies all over the world. From 2003-2005\, he served as the English language lecturer at Bayreuth Festival. From 2009 through 2019\, he worked closely with King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia\, providing administrative training and helping to create a comprehensive new Academic Leadership Center. He has published extensively on academic leadership as well as a series of mystery novels on operatic themes (Mysteries on an Operatic Scale). His Wagner specific works include “Eternal Dreamer\, the Imagery of Richard Wagner” and “Classically Romantic\, Classical Form and Meaning in Wagner’s Ring”.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/gotterdammerung-to-end-at-the-beginning-with-jeffrey-buller-a-zoom-presentation-2862/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211212T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211212T140000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
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SUMMARY:Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/mtYTznr-wMA \nWe will close out the year in style with the traditional Holiday Celebration – The Cosima Wagner Birthday/Holiday Celebration. \nWe 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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/cosima-wagner-holiday-celebration-2774/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
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SUMMARY:William Berger - "Racism and Systemic Hate in the Arts: Problems and Solutions from Wagner"
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/cybjwIUbgt0 \nFor Saturday November 13th the WSNC is delighted to let you know that we have organized a live meeting in San Francisco at the JCC-SF. We welcome a WSNC favorite\, William Berger\, author\, broadcaster and feature presenter for the Metropolitan Opera. \nLast March\, William Berger led a webinar for SF Opera titled “Confronting Controversy in Wagner”\, focusing on The Ring of the Nibelung. He has since been expanding this inquiry\, both deeper into Wagner specifically (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg) and into all the arts and beyond. Instead of merely “blaming” Wagner for the problems in art\, and shaming fans of these works\, the goal is to confront the problems\, find equally potent solutions within the same art (because they are there)\, and use our experience as Wagner fans to provide ideas for everyone as we rebuild our artistic culture in today’s post-COVID world. \nWilliam Berger has been touring the country ostensibly to promote his new books (“Speaking of Wagner: Talking to Audiences About The Ring of the Nibelung” and “Seeking the Sublime Cache: Opera Articles Written and Selected by William Berger”) but\, actually\, to listen to people’s concerns and ideas about this pivotal moment in cultural history – what he calls a “1918 moment that changes everything.” He has conversed with such vocal luminaries as Jamie Barton (Chicago) and Morris Robinson (Los Angeles)\, and will conclude this tour in San Francisco to share these ideas as they have evolved through recent\, all-too-interesting times. \nThis meeting will come with restrictions due to the San Francisco City and County protocols. As it stands right now we are only permitted to admit fully vaccinated\, dues-paid WSNC Members (sorry\, no guests or plus ones)\, everyone must be masked (mouth and nose covered at all times when within the building) and no eating will be permitted in the room. The meeting size is restricted to 50 members.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/william-berger-racism-and-systemic-hate-in-the-arts-problems-and-solutions-from-wagner-2773/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211010T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211010T143000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091535
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SUMMARY:“Flat Bayreuth: Multimedia Challenges in Wagner’s 1876 Ring Production” with Dr. Gundula Kreuzer
DESCRIPTION:HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THIS EVENT: https://youtu.be/PSpHqSYD4Bs \nA WSNC Zoom Webinar with Yale Professor Dr. Gundula Kreuzer. Professor Kreuzer recently published a book entitled “Curtain\, Gong\, Steam: Wagnerian Technologies of the 19th Century”. In her talk Professor Kreuzer will take us from Wagner’s theatrical times to the high-tech era which features the Francesca Zambello Production of Wagner’s Ring in San Francisco. \nGundula Kreuzer studied musicology\, philosophy\, and modern history at the Universities of Münster (Westphalia) and Oxford\, where she earned her Master of Studies and D.Phil. in musicology. She held a Junior Research (postdoctoral) Fellowship at Merton College\, Oxford\, before joining the Yale Department of Music in 2005. \nIn both her writing and her teaching\, Kreuzer approaches music from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives\, such as social\, cultural\, and political history as well as theories of technology and multimedia. Her award-winning first book\, “Verdi and the Germans: From Unification to the Third Reich” (Cambridge University Press\, 2010)\, examines the changing impact of the popular Italian composer on German musical self-perception and national identity. Her second monograph\, “Curtain\, Gong\, Steam: Wagnerian Technologies of Nineteenth-Century Opera” (University of California Press\, 2018) addresses how composers since the late eighteenth century increasingly tried to control certain aspects of staging by embracing specific stage technologies. Focusing on the cultural resonances and hermeneutic potentials of the titular technologies of the curtain\, the tam-tam\, and steam before\, in\, and beyond Wagner\, the book develops a deeply contextualized practical perspective on the nature and ephemerality of staged opera as well as its legacies in contemporary culture.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/flat-bayreuth-multimedial-challenges-in-wagners-1876-ring-production-2772/
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