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SUMMARY:Wagner in his Youth: How Beethoven and Bellini won his heart - EVENT CANCELED
DESCRIPTION:Dramaturg Emeritus of the San Francisco Opera and Musicologist\, Kip Cranna\, will present a talk Wagner In His Youth:  How Beethoven and Bellini Won His Heart. \nThe Young Richard Wagner was influenced by many different styles in his early years.  San Francisco Opera’s Dramaturg Emeritus  Kip Cranna will explore the life and works of the teenage and twenty-something composer and conductor\, with video excerpts to illustrate the early influences on the future operatic giant\, sampling early compositions inspired by Beethoven and the Bel Canto Composers. \nDr. Clifford (Kip) Cranna is Dramaturg Emeritus for San Francisco Opera.   Dr. Cranna served the company since 1979 and for over 30 years was Director of Music Administration dealing with educational and community outreach projects\, commissions of new operas\, and musicological support to the staff.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagner-in-his-youth-how-beethoven-and-bellini-won-his-heart-2660/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191208T073000
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SUMMARY:2019 Cosima Wagner Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:The Deadline has passed and Registration closed on November 27th.
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/2019-cosima-wagner-holiday-party-2656/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191102T080000
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SUMMARY:The French Wagnerians
DESCRIPTION:November 2\, 2019 1:00 p.m. JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA \nThe French Wagnerians \nDr. Simon Williams\, Professor Emeritus Dept. of Drama and Dance\, University of California Santa Barbara \nThe French Wagnerians  –  Although Wagner was rarely performed in France during the late 19th century\, several composers were strongly influenced by his music\, his dramatic situations or his theory. This talk will focus upon some of the most prominent French Wagnerian composers and their operas\, including Saint-Saens\, Lalo\, Chabrier\, Chausson and Charpentier. \nSimon Williams was a Professor in the Department of Theater and Dance 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.  \n  \nThis meeting is free for WSNC Members and a suggested donation of $10 for non-members
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/the-french-wagnerians-2642/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T103000
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SUMMARY:What to Hansel and Gretel have to do with Siegmund and Sieglinde?
DESCRIPTION:What do Hansel and Gretel have to do with Siegmund and Sieglinde?  \nSaturday\, October 19\, at 1:00 p.m. at the JCC-SF in San Francisco.  \nOur guest is WSNC member Brad Wade\, speaking on Hansel and Gretel\, by Wagner disciple and one-hit wonder Engelbert Humperdinck. The opera is\, of course based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale\, but Humperdinck cleaned it up somewhat for the stage. Brad will tell us about Humperdinck’s association with Wagner\, and his part in the Bayreuth premiere of Parsifal; refresh our memories about the fairy tale; and present a guided tour of the opera with musical examples. Look for a Wagnerian range of colors and textures applied to music of melodic and rhythmic appeal\, but without Wagnerian philosophical undertones.  \n	Our speaker Dr. Bradford Wade\, has been a member of the Wagner Society since 2012 and his love of Wagner goes back to his second performance of Die Walküre\, in 1976\, with Jon Vickers and Janis Martin as Siegmund and Sieglinde.  What was significant about that second performance was that\, this time\, Wade had learned how to do his homework before attending the opera. Very gradually\, over many years\, Wade has recruited a group of Opera San Jose patrons who come to his home for illustrated preview lectures for upcoming Opera San Jose productions. Recognizing that both Opera San Jose and San Francisco Opera are presenting Hansel and Gretel this fall\, and that Engelbert Humperdinck was closely associated with Richard Wagner\, we’ve invited Wade to share his Opera San Jose lecture with the Society. Brad Wade holds a B.A. in mathematics from Pomona College and a Ph.D. in computer science from Purdue University\, and worked for IBM Research for 40 years. Now retired\, Wade counts “opera lecturer” as his second career. \nJCC-SF  3200 California Street – San Francisco\, CA    This program is free to members and a suggested $10 donation for non-members. \n\n	 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/what-to-hansel-and-gretel-have-to-do-with-siegmund-and-sieglinde-2640/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190928T080000
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SUMMARY:Parsifal\, a true religious opera?
DESCRIPTION:Saturday September 28\, 2019 1:00 p.m.   JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA \nThe Wagner Society of Northern California is proud to welcome returning guest speaker Dr. John Mastrogiovanni\, Chairman of the Wagner Society of Southern California.  \nParsifal\, a true religious opera? In his talk Mastrogiovani will consider the concept of redemption in Parsifal: are they Christian or Buddhist beliefs? He will consider what ways Wagner’s operas evidence Wagner’s own Christian belief. This could range from mocking abstinence in Das Liebesverbot all the way to the battle of Elsa and Ortrud in Lohengrin. \nJCC-SF 3200 California Street San Francisco\, CA 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \nProgram is free to WSNC members and there is a suggested donation of $10 for non-members \nImage is “Parsifal” by Cal Pedranti (1961)
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/parsifal-a-true-religious-opera-2641/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190727T080000
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SUMMARY:Parsifal - Two Films
DESCRIPTION:Saturday July 27\, 2019 1:00 p.m. JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA \nFor this meeting we will screen two films: Parsifal\, Indiana Jones and Richard Wagner (2004) and Parsifal – Porter/Edison Film (1904). What a difference 100 years makes! \nParsifal\, Indiana Jones and Richard Wagner by documentary filmmaker Werner Boote traces the journey of the Holy Grail from the Holy Land to Spain under the guardianship of the Knights Templar. The 2004 Vienna Staatsoper Parsifal production by Christina Mielitz\, conducted by Donald Runnicles provides the back drop for the film. Running time is approximately 60 minutes \nParsifal (1904) Parsifal is a 1904 American silent film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S. Porter. It is based on the 1882 opera Parsifal by Richard Wagner\, and stars Adelaide Fitz-Allen as Kundry and Robert Whittier as Parsifal. Running time is approximately 24 minutes \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/parsifal-two-films-2643/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190601T080000
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SUMMARY:Will Berger - Technology\, Opera and Wagner
DESCRIPTION:The Wagner Society of Northern California is pleased to welcome back Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcaster Will Berger. \nBerger will talk about a topic he has been researching: how technology affects music – what we like\, what we think we should like and what we dislike. The subject ranges around the globe and from the ancients to the very latest in gadgetry… and yet Wagner keeps coming up all throughout the narrative.  \nBerger will discuss how technology and material considerations of the day affected what Wagner wrote (ie.\, how different is Parsifal from previous works\, and how much of that is a function of logistics and technical realities of his day)\, and how Wagner’s art and thought in turn affected subsequent technology (eg.\, movies\, the recording industry\, sound engineering).  \nWhat emerges is a vast picture of our relationship to music today\, and of how deeply – and surprisingly – Wagner is a part of that.  \nWilliam Berger grew up in Los Angeles in a bilingual (Spanish and English) and multicultural (Mexican\, Italian\, and Jewish) home where everyone listened to opera and had strong opinions about it. After spending time during his teen years in various places around the U.S. and Europe\, he earned degrees in Latin and Italian Literature at University of California at Santa Cruz. During college\, Berger got his first taste working in the opera world at the San Francisco Opera in various capacities\, including merchandising and translating for artists who didn’t speak English. In 1984\, Will moved to New York\, worked in architecture/design\, taught Romance Languages at Baruch College and became a constant presence in audience of the Metropolitan Opera.  \nBerger has worked at the Metropolitan Opera since 2006 as a writer\, producer\, and on-air commentator with host Margaret Juntwait\, for the live\, weeknight broadcasts on Met Opera Radio. He is also a writer and producer for the Metropolitan Opera’s famed Quiz\, heard as part of its live\, international Saturday broadcasts. His recent articles have appeared in the publications of the opera companies of Seattle\, Washington D.C.\, and Barcelona’s Theatre de Liceu. \nWidely published\, Berger’s publications include:  Wagner Without Fear\, Verdi With a Vengeance\, and Puccini Without Excuses\, (Vintage Books)\, and the tribute “Chris De Blasio” in Loss Within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS (University of Minnesota Press). \n  \nThis meeting is free to WSNC Members. Suggested $10.00 donation for non-members \n  \nJCC-SF \n3200 California Street – 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \nSan Francisco\, CA \n  \n  \n\n	 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/will-berger-technology-opera-and-wagner-2636/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190525T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190526T123000
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SUMMARY:2019 Richard Wagner Birthday Party
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE! \nThe Wagner Society of Northern California is pleased to announce that we will hold the Annual Richard Wagner Birthday Celebration on Saturday May 25th at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 1111 O’Farrell Street\, San Francisco\, CA \nOur musical guests for the concert are Steven Bailey and Mai-Linh Pham who will be playing the music of Richard Wagner for piano and piano four hands. Steven will also play his fantastic\,  20-minute Tannhaeuser Overture which was the talk of our concert recital last year. \nImmediately following the concert we will have a dessert reception in the lower level Community Hall featuring birthday cake and champagne. \nMark your calendars\, you will not want to miss this concert. \nTHIS IS A FREE CONCERT – PLEASE R.S.V.P. AT : wagnersocnc@gmail.com \nTHE PROGRAM: \nPiano Four Hands: \n\n	Der fliegende Holländer – Vorspiel \n\n	Lohengrin – Vorspiel\n\n	Die Meistersinger- Vorspiel\n\n	 \n\n	Steven Bailey and Mai-Linh Pham\, pianists \n\n	 \n\n	PAUSE\n\n	 \n\n	Tannhäuser – Vorspiel (Paris)\n\n	Steven Bailey – soloist\n\n	 \n\n	PLUS a surprise selection to be announced from the piano \nSaturday May 25\, 2019 3:00 p.m. (doors open at 2:30) \nSt. Mark’s Lutheran Church \n1111 O’Farrell Street \nSan Francisco\, CA \n  \nhttp://www.stmarks-sf.org/about/directions
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/2019-richard-wagner-birthday-party-2622/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190406T080000
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SUMMARY:Parsifalmania: The early history of Wagner’s final opera in America
DESCRIPTION:Parsifalmania: The early history of Wagner’s final opera in America \nApril 6\, 2019  1:00 p.m. JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA \n\nBy Jeffery S. McMillan \nRichard Wagner’s Parsifal was intended by the composer to be experienced exclusively by audiences at his festival theater in Bayreuth. Undeterred\, American impresarios began programing music from the opera in concerts immediately after the 1882 unveiling and gave the United States stage premiere in 1903 ushering in a robust\, if unauthorized\, performance tradition in the new world. The American “Parsifalmania” was encouraged primarily by New York’s Metropolitan Opera which established Parsifal in the repertory through memorable performances\, cross-country tours\, and consistency; after the first World War\, the Met presented Parsifal every season for 30 consecutive years. Utilizing an array of early recordings\, photographs\, and archival resources\, this presentation will trace the explosion of American interest in Wagner’s final stage work from first exposure to the golden era of Wagnerian performance in New York during the late 1930s. A 2019 restoration by Marston Records of the Met’s 1938 broadcast of Parsifal starring Lauritz Melchior and Kirsten Flagstad—a grail to record collectors and one of the earliest complete recordings of the opera—will be featured as an example of the musical standards and vocal splendor enjoyed by the American public after their long acquaintance with the work. \nJeffrey McMillan is a member of the Board of Directors of the WSNC and Editor of Leitmotive. McMillan is Senior Communications Manager for San Francisco Opera. He has written for Opera News\, Musical America\, and is the author of Delightfulee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan. \nThis event takes place at the JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.   Program is free to members and a suggested donation of $10.00 for non-members \n\n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/parsifalmania-the-early-history-of-wagners-final-opera-in-america-2611/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190323T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190323T103000
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SUMMARY:Birgit Nilsson - A League of Her Own
DESCRIPTION:March 23\, 2019 1:00 p.m.  \nFilmmakers Thomas Voigt and Wolfgang Wunderlich have created this fascinating documentary about the magnificent Birgit Nilsson. This documentary includes highlights from performances\, concerts\, talk shows and rare archive materials. Also included are interviews with today’s singers\, conductors and artists who share their thoughts about Ms. Nilsson. \nThe Wagner Society has received special permission to screen this documentary for our members. The Society wishes to thank the Birgit NIlsson Foundation for the opportunty to share this fascinating documentary about the one and only Birgit Nilsson. \nThis event takes place at the JCC-SF 3200 California Street\, San Francisco \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/birgit-nilsson-a-league-of-her-own-2619/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190209T090000
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SUMMARY:Jasmin Solfaghari - Director\, Odense Denmark Ring
DESCRIPTION:Saturday February 9\, 2019 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm \nJCC-SF – 3200 California Street \nSan Francisco\, CA \nFree to WSNC Members\, suggested donation of $10 for guests \nThe Wagner Society of Northern California invites you to meet and hear: \nJasmin Solfaghari\, Director and Master Teacher will discuss her career as an Assistant Director for the many of the greatest opera directors and as a Director in her own right. \nTo read a review of Solfaghari’s RING in Odense here is a link to a review with photos of the production: \nhttps://www.klaus-billand.com/english/opera-reviews/ring-des-nibelungen… \n\n\n\nBio and CV: Jasmin Solfaghari was born in Freiburg/Germany in 1963 as daughter of German-Persian parents. After having spent the first six years of her childhood in Teheran/Iran she got her school and musical education in Freiburg. In 1989 she graduated in stage directing at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in the class of Prof. Götz Friedrich (diploma).  \n Positions and leading Positions \n 2018 Leadership department Opera/Musicaltheatre at PAMY Mediaproductions\, Switzerland. www.pamy.ch \n2004 – 2006: Oberspielleiterin at Deutsche Oper Berlin with revivals of “Rheingold”\, “Siegfried” (Götz Friedrich)\, “Lulu” (Götz Friedrich)\, “Die Tote Stadt” (Philippe Arlaud)\, “La Bohème” (Götz Friedrich)\, “Pelléas et Mélisande” (Marco Arturo Marelli)\, “Der Rosenkavalier” (Götz Friedrich)\, “Cav/Pag” (David Pountney). \n2001 – 2004: Oberspielleiterin Musiktheater” at Stadttheater Bremerhaven: main director opera. \n1994 -1998: assistant stage director of Hamburgische Staatsoper and has worked among others with Christine Mielitz\, Harry Kupfer\, Günther Krämer\, Achim Freyer\, Marco Arturo Marelli a.o. She was responsible for revivals such as: “Der Ring des Nibelungen”\, “Il Trittico”(also for TV)\, “Die Fledermaus”\, “Tristan und Isolde”\, a.o.  \nDuring this period Jasmin Solfaghari collaborated with conductors such as Christian Thielemann\, Sir Simon Rattle\, Philippe Augin\, Jacques Lacombe\, Daniel Oren\, Marc Albrecht\, Antonello Allemandi\, Gerd Albrecht\, Donald Runnicles\, Markus Stenz\, Lothar Zagosek\, a.o. \nJasmin Solfaghari worked with singers as Deborah Voigt (Debut Marschallin)\, Veronique Gens\, Sophie Koch\, Agnes Baltsa\, Helga Dernesch\, Gabriele Schnaut\, Hanna Schwarz\, Lisbeth Balslev\, Angelika Kirchschlager\, Monserrat Caballé\, Barbara Daniels\, Linda Watson\, Evelyn Herlizius\, Olga Romanko\, Piotr Becala\, Toopi Lehtipuu\, Jean Marc Ainsley\, Lioba Braun\, Graham Clarc\, Lance Ryan\, Stefan Vinke\, José Cura\, Franz Grundheber\, Simon Estes\, Matti Salminnen\, René Pape\, Kurt Moll\, Torsten Kerl\, Gerhard Siegel\, Catherine Foster\, Jennifer Wilson\, Ricarda Merbeth (Role debut Brünnhilde\, Deutsche Oper)  a.o. \n Teaching and more \n Jasmin Solfaghari is giving masterclasses and is holding lectures in Italy\, Brasil\, Israel\, Germany\, USA and China. \n 2012-2016 Teaching assignment at Hochschule für Musik Dresden. \n2006-2011 Professor at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig (interimistic). \n\n\n\n\n				 \n\n\n\n				 \n\n\n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/jasmin-solfaghari-director-odense-denmark-ring-2599/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T113000
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SUMMARY:"But of course\, the real villain is Wagner! - or\, Wagner in the novels of E.M. Forster"
DESCRIPTION:Saturday January 19th\, 2019 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. \nJCC-SF 3200 California Street \nSan Francisco\, CA \n2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \nThe Wagner Society of Northern California is pleased to welcome scholar Claudia Stevens: \n“But of course\, the real villain is Wagner! – or\, Wagner in the novels of E.M. Forster” \nBritish and American authors of the nineteenth century\, frustrated and annoyed by the perceived dullness\, restraint and hypocrisy of their own cultures\, were drawn to fanciful\, passionate and rebellious elements in German literature and music. The young E. M. Forster carried this tradition into the early twentieth century\, embracing German Romanticism literally with shouts of joy.  Inspired by Schumann’s fantastical musical and literary synaesthesia\, and most particularly by Wagner’s operas with their artistic synthesis and cult of the hero\, Forster attempted to create a new kind of literature that would be infused by his own love for\, and considerable knowledge of\, music.  What happens when the culture war between German passion and English restraint  – epitomized ironically by British Wagner exponent Shaw\, vs. Austrian anti-Wagnerian Hanslick – erupts onto the pages of Forster’s novels?  That is the subject of Claudia Stevens’ presentation. She explores how Forster’s early novel\, The Longest Journey\, not only extolled Wagner’s operas but tried to BE one. That experiment was a major flop and an embarrassment.  But in the two novels that followed – A Room with a View and Howards End\, he arrived at a new\, more successful way of infusing and depicting music: by describing and counterposing his characters’ responses to it.  Rather than attempting to encompass and incorporate the whole of Wagner\, Forster converted the influence of Wagner into metaphor – a war waged between passion and restraint\, imagination and banality.  Claudia goes on to explore what this Forsterian dialectic meant for her creation with composer Allen Shearer of the new opera Howards End\, America\, which will premiere in San Francisco at Z Space Feb. 22-24\, 2019.  Her scholarly research on Classic-Romantic dualism in German music pours into her presentation\, which also will include demonstration at the piano. \nAbout Claudia Stevens: \nClaudia Stevens\, born in Redding\, California to Czech and Austrian Jewish parents\, has received many honors over her long career. As a pianist\, her teachers included Leonard Shure\, Martin Canin and Leon Fleischer\, and she was awarded various fellowships\, including the Alfred Hertz prize from UC\, Berkeley. Among career highlights were sponsored solo recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall and the National Gallery\, performances of dozens of world premieres\, residencies at Tanglewood and several full “Performance Today” broadcasts on NPR. In her second career as a monologue artist and playwright\, her work came to wider attention\, recognized by a dozen grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the NEA (“New Forms”)\, tour support from the International Theater Institute\, residencies at theaters and art centers from Baltimore to Rangoon and Budapest\, and numerous television appearances. A number of her solo plays appear in the avant-garde literary journal Exquisite Corpse. Now based in Oakland\, Claudia’s third career is as the librettist of seven chamber operas (an eighth is in progress) in collaboration with distinguished Bay Area composer Allen Shearer. All have been produced. Their one-act opera The Dawn Makers premiered at Herbst Theater in 2009 and was a finalist in the Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition. Their internationally acclaimed 2015 chamber opera Middlemarch in Spring\, based George Eliot’s Middlemarch\, was selected a top ten opera of the year by the SF Chronicle and has had two subsequent East Coast productions. Their newest full-length opera\, Howards End\, America\, a production by San Francisco’s Earplay\, will premiere at Z Space Feb. 22-24\, 2019\, featuring an all-star cast. Also a scholar\, her writings on nineteenth and twentieth century music are published in Musical Quarterly and Perspectives of New Music. More recent articles about adapting of the novel for the opera stage appear in journals including George Eliot/George Henry Lewes Studies (about her libretto on Middlemarch) and Polish Journal of English Studies\, in association with the International E.M. Forster Society (about adapting Howards End).  Claudia holds degrees in music from Vassar College (summa cum laude)\, UC\, Berkeley\, and the DMA from Boston University. Previously an Adjunct Associate Professor of Piano at the College of William & Mary and presently a Visiting Scholar there\, she has been a guest performer and lecturer at over two hundred colleges and universities \nJCC-SF – 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \n3200 California Street \nSan Francisco\, CA \nFree to members\, A suggested $10 donation for non-members \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/but-of-course-the-real-villain-is-wagner-or-wagner-in-the-novels-of-e-m-forster-2596/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181209T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181209T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20180716T015500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T102018Z
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SUMMARY:Cosima Holiday Champagne Brunch
DESCRIPTION:The Society is delighted to complete our year with the Cosima Birthday Party \nOur musical guests are: \nMarina Harris\, soprano  Marina Harris was a San Francisco Opera Merola Participant and Adler Fellow. Harris is a Wagner Society William O. Cord Grant recipient. In 2015 Harris was a participant and award winning finalist in the 8th International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices\, Karlsruhe Germany. \nPeter Grunberg\, piano  The Australian-born musician Peter Grunberg moved to California in the early 1990’s to take up the position of Head of Music Staff at the San Francisco Opera.  Since then\, he has collaborated frequently with the San Francisco Symphony\, where he has been conductor\, pianist\, and recently also pre-concert lecturer. \nMarina Harris and Peter Grunberg will perform a program of Wagner\, Strauss and Liszt \nOur event begins with a champagne welcome and then our recital program of selections from Richard Wagner\, Richard Strauss and Franz Liszt \nFollowing the recital we will enjoy a brunch served with select red wine and more champagne \nMeals are served with a Salad of Baby Arugula with Feta Cheese\, Roasted Peppers\, Red Onions and Fresh Herb Vinaigrette \nChoice of two gourmet entrees: \nA) Mary’s Natural ChIcken Breast with Wild Mushrooms\, Fingerling Potatoes\, Baby Kale\, Jus & Roasted Garlic Aioli \nor \nB) Roasted Eggplant filled with Moroccan Spiced Vegetables and Chick Peas topped with Cashew Cream\, accompanied by Saffron Rice Pilaf (Vegan and Gluten Free) \nThe meal is completed with a dessert of Chocolate Trilogy and served with Coffee or Tea \nPrice per person is $100 (open seating) \n  \nAttire: Festive/Holiday Attire or Wagner themed costume \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/cosima-holiday-champagne-brunch-2584/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T110000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20180917T191400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T102112Z
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SUMMARY:Wagner's theories of "Gesamtkunstwerk" vs. his own practices
DESCRIPTION:Professor Thomas Grey\, Stanford University– Wagner’s theories of “Gesamtkunstwerk” vs. his own practices Professor Grey will speak about Wagner’s concept of the total work of art as it relates to theatricality and movement. Grey will emphasize the Tannhäuser experiment of including ballet within the opera and modern theatrical  trends in “choreographic” staging. The discussion will give examples of such staging from the Tannhäuser Bacchanale\, Ride of the Valkyries\, the dancing in Meistersinger Act 3\, and the Flower Maidens in Parisfal. \nWe meet at the JCC-SF at 3200 California Street (at Presidio) San Francisco\, CA \nMeetings begin at 1:00 p.m/ \nThomas Grey is a Professor of Musicology and by courtesy\, German Studies at Stanford University.  \nHis special fields of study are: Wagner\, 19th-century opera\, history of musical aesthetics and criticism\, Romantic music and visual culture. Professor Greys Publications include Wagner’s Musical Prose: Texts and Contexts\, 1995. Editor and co-author of Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman\, 2000\, and Cambridge Companion to Wagner\, forthcoming. Articles and reviews in JAMS\, 19th Century Music\, Music Library Association Notes\, Current Musicology\, Opera Quarterly\, Cambridge Opera Journal\, Beethoven Forum\, Wagner\, 19th-Century Studies; Analyzing Opera\, 1989; Music Theory in the Age of Romanticism\, 1996; The Arts Entwined (2000); Music and German Identity\, 2001; The Don Giovanni Moment (2005); International Dictionary of Opera\, Revised New Grove Dictionary\, and ENO Opera Handbooks. Chapters contributed to The Wagner Compendium\, 1992; The Mendelssohn Companion\, 2001; Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera\, 2003; Cambridge History of 19th Century Music; New History Of German Literature; and Cambridge Opera Handbooks: Tristan und Isolde\, forthcoming. Editor-in-Chief\, Journal of the American Musicological Society (1999-2001). Grey is on the editorial/advisory boards of the Cambridge Opera Journal\, Nineteenth-Century Music Review\, Wagner Spectrum. \nPrograms are free to members and for guests a donation of $10 is recommended \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagners-theories-of-gesamtkunstwerk-vs-his-own-practices-2592/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20180716T015000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T102210Z
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SUMMARY:Isolde's Dream - A Biography of Mathilde Wesendonck
DESCRIPTION:This biography of Mathilde Wesendonck is the untold and fascinating story of this woman’s inspiring influence on the major works of Richard Wagner\, based on facts related in their correspondence and other authentic documents. Under the influence of her aura\, Wagner composed Tristan and Isolde\, Rhinegold\, The Walkyrie\, the first two acts of Siegfried\, The Meistersinger\, the outline for Parsifal\, and the music for the Wesendonck Lieder on Mathilde’s poems. \n\n	Join us in welcoming Judith Cabaud\, who will discuss the extensive research she conducted on the important and illusive muse of Richard Wagner – Mathilde Wesendonck.\n	French-based JUDITH CABAUD\, was born in Brooklyn\, New York\, received her BA (Phi Beta Kappa) from New York University. Then\, after studying at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Clermont-Ferrand where she obtained her licence es lettres\, she settled in France. For many years\, she worked as a teacher\, a writer\, a journalist\, and a music critic at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany.\n\n	JCC-SF\n	3200 California Street (at Presidio)\n	San Francisco\, CA\n\n	Free to Members; Non-Members $10 suggested donation\n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/isoldes-dream-a-biography-of-mathilde-wesendonck-2583/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180922T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180922T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20180716T013600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T102223Z
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SUMMARY:Bernstein at 100 - Lenny's Lifelong Obsession with Tristan und Isolde
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/bernstein-at-100-lennys-lifelong-obsession-with-tristan-und-isolde-2582/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180721T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180721T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20180716T012300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T103459Z
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SUMMARY:Centennial Celebration of Birgit NIlsson and Astrid Varnay
DESCRIPTION:Join the Society in celebrating two Golden Age Godesses of the Wagnerian repertory. We will screen two documentary films and get a closer look at their careers. \nWe will screen “Bayreuth Primadonnas” – a television interview with Astrid Varnay\, Birgit Nilsson and Martha Mödl and also “Never before – The Life and first New York career of Astrid Varnay” \nProgram is free to WSNC Members\, non-members $10.00 suggested donation \nJCC-SF – 2nd Floor Gallanter Hall \n3200 California Street (at Presidio) \nSan Francisco\, CA 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/centennial-celebration-of-birgit-nilsson-and-astrid-varnay-2581/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180630T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180630T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20171008T231200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T103555Z
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SUMMARY:Ring Forum - Ring Cycle #3
DESCRIPTION:  \nFeatured Speakers:  \nSpeight Jenkins \nDr. John Mastrogiovanni \nJonathan Khuner \n  \n  \nSpeight Jenkins \nTitle: “Creating A Ring” \nDuring his tenure at Seattle Opera\, Speight Jenkins put together “from scratch” two productions of Wagner’s Ring.  For the first of these two Seattle Rings\, Jenkins assembled the remarkable team of François Rochaix and Robert Israel. Together they concocted a visually and theatrically daring interpretation informed by the more recent\, director-centered approach that had revolutionized Bayreuth (and the opera world) in 1976. The Rochaix/Israel Die Walküre debuted in 1985 and full Ring cycles followed. And ever since it premiered in 2001\, Jenkins’ second Seattle Ring production\, directed by Stephen Wadsworth and designed by Thomas Lynch\, the late Martin Pakledinaz and Peter Kaczorowski\, was the jewel in the crown for Seattle Opera’s international artistic reputation. In his talk\, Speight Jenkins will discuss the process artistic development\, planning and casting such a monumental work and bringing it to the stage. \nDr. John Mastrogiovanni \nTitle: Brünnhilde “The Liberator Liberated” \nDr. John Mastrogiovanni will explore the transformation Brünnhilde appears to undergo from the Second Act of Walküre to the conclusion of Götterdämmerung. Yet\, is this a transformation? Or is this an unveiling of her true self? These questions and more will be explored during Mastrogiovanni’s talk. \n  \nJonathan Khuner \nTitle: “Wagner’s Mistakes” \nThere are places in the Ring where it turns out you have to ignore Wagner’s musical instructions and indications. So when putting on a performance\, you do what you have to do\, but should you feel guilty? Obviously\, stage directors\, far from apologizing\, revel in their complete disobedience to the printed score and libretto. \nPANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWS THE TALKS \nPRICING INCLUDES GOURMET BOX LUNCH \nPRICING: General Admission $65.00     Wagner Society Members $55.00   San Francisco Opera Bravo Club Members $25.00 \nORDER RING FORUM TICKETS:  https://sfopera.com/ringfestival/ \n  \n  \n  \nJune 30\, 2017 Ring Cycle #3 Speaker Bios:  \nSpeight Jenkins is recognized nationally as a leading authority on opera and one of the most influential and accomplished general directors in the United States. He was educated at the University of Texas (B.A.\, 1957) and Columbia University (Law\, 1961). After working as an editor for Opera News (1967-73) and as music critic for the New York Post (1973-81)\, from 1981 to 1983\, he was host for the Live From the Met broadcasts on public television. He has written reviews and articles for a number of publications. He was appointed general director of the Seattle Opera in 1983 and\, with productions of Wagner’s Ring cycle in 1986\, 1987\, and 1991\, and ventures such as Prokofiev’s War and Peace and Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites in 1990\, he injected new life into the company’s artistic standing and financial fortunes. \nJenkins’ knowledge of opera is reflected in the Seattle Opera’s many innovative productions\, substantial publications\, and comprehensive education programs and services. He has strengthened and extended Seattle Opera’s reputation as a “Wagner center” by producing all 10 of Wagner’s major operas – including two very different Ring productions. In 2006\, Jenkins held Seattle Opera’s first International Wagner Competition\, developed to discover and promote outstanding young singers who show promise of major careers in Wagner operas. Because of his passion for the arts and energetic leadership style\, the Seattle Times named Jenkins one of the 150 most influential people who have shaped the character of Seattle and King County\, ArtsFund presented him with its Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award\, and Opera News cited Jenkins as one of the 25 “most powerful” names in opera in America. \n  \nDr. John Mastrogiovanni was first introduced to Wagner’s Ring at the age of five by his father. By the age of nine\, he was opening Wagner’s piano scores and outlining all the leitmotifs with their numerous variations. In 1995\, Dr. Mastrogiovanni joined the Wagner Society of Southern California and in 2010\, he became the Chairman. He lectures on Wagner in different venues\, including societies\, clubs\, and colleges. Mastrogiovanni wrote the book “Parsifal: The Will and Redemption” in which he utilizes Wagner’s own concepts from his letters and prose works to help define the meaning of this amazing Sacred Stage Drama. As a recent lecturer in Bayreuth describe the book “If you love Wagner’s Ring and feel ready to enter his last opera Parsifal – this is the book to accompany you.” Mastrogiovanni is also an ordained minister and has been in full-time ministry for over 30 years\, traveling educating pastors and leaders throughout the United States\, Great Britain and Europe. \n  \nJonathan Khuner \nConductor Jonathan Khuner resides in Berkeley\, but works at the major opera companies across the USA. He has been Musical Director of (Berkeley) West Edge Opera in the East Bay since 1985\, and was its artistic director between 1994 and 2009. He has led over sixty-five productions there\, most recently Hamlet in 2017. Khuner served as Assistant Conductor and prompter for San Francisco Opera (from 1981 to 2016)\, the Metropolitan Opera (since 1997)\, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago (since 1995). In 1996 he was also the prompter for the Ring Cycle at the Bayreuther Festspiele. In the Wagner bicentennial year 2013\, he conducted a mini-Ring-Cycle for Minnesota Concert Opera\, and also the nation of Albania’s first ever Wagner production – Tannhäuser\, at their National Opera in Tirana. Besides appearing frequently as guest conductor with various California opera companies\, Khuner also initiated an opera workshop performance course for the University of California at Berkeley (2001 – 2004). More recently he has been a frequent speaker for the San Francisco Opera’s outreach programs. He has given the pre-curtain talks on The Capulets and the Montagues and Ballo in Maschera. For the San Francisco Opera Guild Chapters he gave preview lectures for Turandot in 2017. \n  \nProduction photo courtesy of San Francisco Opera    Cory Weaver\, Photographer
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/ring-forum-ring-cycle-3-2535/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180625T064500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180625T090000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20180124T180100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T103620Z
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SUMMARY:Rhine Cruise on the San Francisco Bay
DESCRIPTION:Happy to say we are SOLD OUT!  Call for wait list information (925) 285-3690 \n  \nWe are proud to offer a special event for the 2018 Ring Festival. Attendees will enjoy a luncheon cruise on the beautiful California Hornblower around the San Francisco Bay and to the Gold(en Gate Bridge) \nChampagne welcome at boarding time and and a wonderful 3 course luncheon with wine as we cruise past ATT Park\, Treasure Island\, Alcatraz\, Angel Island\,  Golden Gate Bridge and cruising along the San Francisco shoreline. \nSpace is limited\, reserve early. \nCall for availability – (925)285-3690
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/rhine-cruise-on-the-san-francisco-bay-2560/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180623T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180623T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20171008T230500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T103647Z
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SUMMARY:Ring Forum - Ring Cycle #2
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM UPDATE: It is with regret that we must announce that Heath Lees is unable to present his Ring Talks due to a serious concerns which requires him to remain in Australia. The Following is our replacement series of speakers: \n“The First Ring: Art\, Ideology\, and Politics at Bayreuth\, 1876.” with David Clay Large\n	In his talk\, Large will discuss about the ideological\, aesthetic and political issues surrounding the first full Ring performance at Bayreuth in 1876. \n“The Ring” on Stage: Where Are We Today in the Debate about Wagner productions? with William Berger\n	From the first realization of the Ring in 1876 down to the present day\, there has been a great debate about the intentions and relative merits (or offenses) about the physical production. In fact\, there has been no single consensus about what we should see on the stage\, let alone why we see what we do see. Where is this issue in 2018? Can we get beyond the stalemate of “traditional” vs. “avant-garde”? Do those terms even mean anything anymore? We’ll look at how things became the way they did in order to have a better sense of (1) what we are seeing this year and (2) what we want\, need\, and say with various means of staging the Ring. \nWagner’s non-thematic moments with Jonathan Khuner\n	In the Ring there are special places where a very fitting\, unique musical idea appears\, seemingly not part of the web of leitmotives at all. Wagner was proud to have every corner of his scores related to every other (and to the dramatic process of the piece\, obviously) by means of thematic connections\, but there are a few places where this imperative seems to have been abandoned. How? Why? \n  \nForum Pricing: General Admission $65.00  Wagner Society Members $55.00   San Francisco Opera Bravo Club Members $25.00 \nForum Price includes a Gourmet Box Lunch \nORDER RING FORUM TICKETS.    https://sfopera.com/ringfestival/ \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/ring-forum-ring-cycle-2-2534/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180616T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180616T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20171008T224800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T103712Z
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SUMMARY:Ring Forum - Ring Cycle #1
DESCRIPTION:Featured Speakers:  \nPeter Bassett  \nDesirée Mays  \nSimon Williams \nLINK TO ORDER RING FORUM TICKETS:    https://sfopera.com/ring/planyourring/ring-festival/ring-cycle-forum/ \nPeter Bassett\, a writer\, speaker and broadcaster on opera\, particularly the works of Richard Wagner \nTitle: Wagner’s Theatres \nWagner’s Theatres\, tracing the evolution of Wagner’s ideas from the 1840s and ’50s to his Bayreuth adventure. For most of his adult life Wagner wanted to perform the Ring in a temporary theatre inspired by the models of ancient Greek amphitheaters and medieval makeshift stages. He even considered a floating stage on Lake Lucerne and a temporary one in a field outside Zurich. The Bayreuth theatre was deliberately intended as a ‘temporary’ one; Wagner was adamant about this\, and resisted Ludwig’s efforts to build a monumental theatre in Munich. This tells us much about the style of production Wagner had in mind. In his talk\, Bassett will show photos of fascinating models for temporary ‘Greek’ and ‘Roman’ style structures inside an exhibition building\, made by Gottfried Semper for Wagner in the 1860s. \nDesirée Mays\, Master of Arts degree in the Humanities from the University of Utah \nTitle: Das Ende: The Endings of The Ring \nIn her talk\, Desirée Mays will discuss the six endings Wagner considered for Gotterdämmerung\, also inter-comparing the endings of the four Ring operas. These various endings will be further described with musical examples and references to “Das Ende” in the texts of Wotan and other leading characters. \nSimon Williams\, Professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at University of California Santa Barbara \nTitle: The ‘Deep State’ of The Ring \nProfessor Simon Williams will be exploring the deep currents of tragedy in the entire Ring cycle\, the conflict between the past and the present and the imminence of death. Topics within this talk will include Erda and the problems of story-telling. \nA Panel Discussion follows the talks. \nGourmet Box Lunch is included in registration fee \nForum Prices: General Admission $65.00     Wagner Society Members $55.00    San Francisco Opera Bravo Club Members $25.00 \nLINK TO ORDER RING FORUM TICKETS:    https://sfopera.com/ring/planyourring/ring-festival/ring-cycle-forum/ \nRing Cycle #1 Speaker Bios: \nPeter Bassett is a writer\, speaker and broadcaster on opera\, particularly the works of Richard Wagner. He was closely involved with both the 1998 and 2004 South Australian productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen in Adelaide. He was also involved with the 2001 Australian premiere of Parsifal\, the 2006 West Australian Opera’s Tristan und Isolde 2009 State Opera of South Australia’s Der fliegende Holländer. Peter also regularly writes program notes for Australian and New Zealand orchestras and opera companies. \nA lawyer and diplomat by training\, Peter served for twenty years in the Australian Diplomatic Service in embassies in East and West Europe\, Asia and the Pacific\, and was Deputy Legal Adviser in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra until 1992. He was\, for a further decade\, chief of staff to two Governors of South Australia. \nBassett is currently writing a thesis about the establishment of a Wagner performing tradition in Adelaide between the years of 1995-2005. During the Melbourne Ring Festival\, Peter gave a talk on the Buddhist and Hindu influences in Wagner’s stage works. A similar talk was presented during the San Francisco Opera 2011 Ring Festival. \nDesirée Mays A resident of Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, Desirée Mays was born in Ireland\, and educated in London\, Desirée came to the States and gradually became immersed in the world of opera as a speaker\, storyteller\, professor\, radio interviewer\, reviewer and writer. \nMays holds a Master of Arts degree in the Humanities from the University of Utah where she taught a course\, “What Is Opera\,” both there and at the University of New Mexico. Desirée hosted two radio shows: “Our Arts” in Salt Lake City where she co-produced the award-winning series “Life is a Creative Process.” She also produced and interviewed arts personalities on “CenterStage” for KSFR 101.1 in Santa Fe. \nSumming up her aesthetic motto as “Art Forms through Awareness”\, Desirée has written extensively on opera: program notes for opera companies\, promotional and review pieces for journals\, magazines and newspapers. She enjoys interviewing singers\, directors and conductors before live audiences\, on the radio or for publication\, and she currently produces “Yoga Moments” for KSFR. On occasion\, she takes groups of people world-wide in search of that perfect opera. \nSimon Williams is Professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at University of Califorinia Santa Barbara. 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 century. \n  \nProduction photo courtesy of the San Francisco Opera    Cory Weaver\, photographer \n  \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/ring-forum-ring-cycle-1-2533/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180527T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T020000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
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SUMMARY:Concert - Richard Wagner's 205th Birthday
DESCRIPTION:Join the Society for a Concert celebrating the 205th Birthday of Richard Wagner – (see program below) \nSt. Mark’s Lutheran Church \n1111 O’Farrell Street \nSan Francisco\, CA \nOur guests for this event are Ann Moss\, soprano; Justin Ouellet\, viola and Steven Bailey\, piano. At this time the program is being fine tuned\, but with these three artists there will be a unique program and exciting music making. The artists will also have CDs of their music available after the performance. As soon as we know the program\, we will update this page. \nAfter the concert we will celebrate with a festive champagne and dessert reception in the Community Hall. \nThis is a free event*\, invite your friends to attend. The Society will be sending out an electronic invitation to members\, feel free to share it. \n  \n*optional free-will donations will be accepted to defray the costs of the refreshments \n  \n  \nPROGRAM \n  \nRichard Wagner — Parsifal Overture transcribed for solo piano by Albert Heintz \nSteven Bailey\, piano \n  \nR. Wagner — Romanze from “In das album Der Fürstin Metternich” WWV 94 (1861) arranged for cello and piano by D. Popper\, transcribed for viola by Philip Moss \nJustin Ouellet\, viola; Steven Bailey\, Piano \n  \nHugo Wolf – Im Frühling from Mörike Lieder \nArnold Schoenberg – Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm Op. 2 No. 2 \nAnn Moss\, soprano; Steven Bailey\, piano \n  \nJoseph Marx – Durch Einsamkeiten for soprano\, viola and piano \nAnn Moss\, soprano; Justin Ouellet\, viola; Steven Bailey\, piano \n  \nR. Wagner — Spinning Chorus from Flying Dutchman arranged for solo piano by Franz Liszt \nSteven Bailey\, piano \n  \nINTERMISSION \n  \nR. Wagner — two selections from Faust Lieder WWV15 Op. 15  \n1. Gretchen am Spinnrade \n2. Melodram “Ach neige\, du Schmerzenreiche” \nAnn Moss\, soprano; Steven Bailey\, piano \n  \nR. Wagner — arrangements for viola and piano \nO du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser Act III \nTräume from Wesendonck Lieder \nJustin Ouellet\, viola; Steven Bailey\, Piano \n  \nR. Wagner — Stimme des Waldvogels from Siegfried Act II arranged for soprano\, viola and piano by Moss/Bailey/Ouellet \nAnn Moss\, soprano; Justin Ouellet\, viola; Steven Bailey\, piano \n  \nR. Wagner — Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde arranged for solo piano by Franz LisztSteven Bailey\, piano \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/concert-richard-wagners-205th-birthday-2567/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180407T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180407T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20171125T201000Z
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SUMMARY:Conducting Wagner
DESCRIPTION:The Society is happy to welcome back Scott Foglesong to our lecture series. \n\n	In his talk Scott Foglesong will focus on those intrepid folks down there in the orchestra pit—the instrumentalists and the conductor. Wagner himself was one of the most influential figures in the history of conducting\, and his successors have carried on not only his legacy but have brought new insights to Wagner’s fascinating use of the orchestra. Foglesong will cover such legendary figures as Hermann Levi\, Felix Mottl\, Hans Richter\, and Wagner himself\, then move on to those conductors who have left us recordings—including such luminaries as Arthur Nikisch\, Alfred Hertz\, Hans Knappertsbusch\, Pierre Monteux\, and Arturo Toscanini. More modern figures will be included as well—Pierre Boulez\, Sir Georg Solti\, and Leonard Bernstein. \nScott Foglesong is a pianist\, musician\, teacher\, writer\, cat-lover\, music history devotée\, occasional computer geek and sometime programmer. He has been on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 1978; nowadays he serves as a department chair in addition to enjoying the honor of educating some of today’s most promising young musicians. In 2008 he was named recipient of the Sarlo Family Foundation Award for excellence in teaching. He has taught Music 27 (Introduction to Music) for the Fall Freshman program at UC Berkeley since 1991\, is associated with the San Francisco Symphony\, both as a Contributing Writer and as an “Inside Music” lecturer for the Symphony’s weekly subscription concerts\, and is Program Annotator for the California Symphony\, after formerly serving in the same capacity for the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra\, New Hampshire Music Festival\, and Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra. Professor Foglesong was formally educated at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and the San Francisco Conservatory\, but his informal education continues everywhere\, without cease. \nLecture is free to members and for visitors we suggest a $10.00 contribution to the Society \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/conducting-wagner-2547/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180317T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180317T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20171125T221100Z
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SUMMARY:Flagstadt and Melchior
DESCRIPTION:Many consider Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior to be the greatest Wagnerian duo ever. In his talk\, Jeff McMillan will recount the careers of these two great singers and will play many examples of their incomparable artistry. A fuller description of Jeff’s talk is forthcoming. \nJeff McMillan\, a member of the Board of Directors of the Wagner Society and currently works as the Senior Communications Manager for San Francisco Opera. McMillan has also worked for American Bach Soloists and as an Archivist for the Metropolitan Opera. McMillan is the Editor of the Wagner Society publication Leitmotive and has served as Editor for the Journal of Jazz Studies. \nProgram is free to members\, Visitors a suggested donation of $10.00
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/flagstadt-and-melchior-2548/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T110000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20180126T204300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T104741Z
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SUMMARY:Wagner's Ring in Popular Culture
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n	The Society is delighted to welcome back Professor Adrian Daub who will give a talk entitled “Wagner’s Ring in Popular Culture.”\n\n	 \n\n	We are awaiting a fuller description of this talk.\n\n	 \n\n	Daub is a Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Stanford University as well as Director\, Program in Feminist\, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Director\, Program in German StudiesDirector\, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities\n\n	 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/wagners-ring-in-popular-culture-2562/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T113000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20171126T215300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T105056Z
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SUMMARY:Kay Stern\, Concert Master of the San Francisco Opera
DESCRIPTION:Kay Stern will talk about her life in music and her career with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. The Wagner Society invites artists as speakers in order to get “up close and personal” stories about the talented individuals who enrich our lives.\n\n\n	Kay Stern is the Concertmaster of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra\, a position she has held since 1994. Ms. Stern served as assistant to Dorothy DeLay at the Aspen Music Festival\, assistant to the Juilliard Quartet at the Juilliard School and held faculty positions at the Cleveland Institute of Music\, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Music Academy of the West. She has taught and coached at various music festivals around the world and been in residence at Wellesley College and San Diego State University.\n	Kay attended the Julliard School as a student of Dorothy DeLay. While at Julliard\, she received full scholarships for her Bachelor\, Master’s and Doctoral degree programs. She also studied with Michael Davis at Ohio State University. Her concerto and chamber music recordings can be heard on Phillips\, Nonesuch\, Innova\, MusicMasters\, Koch International\, Gramavision and Albany Records\n\n	 \n\n	​January 27\, 2018 1:00 p.m.  JCC-SF 3200 California Street San Francisco\, CA  (California @ Presidio)\n\n	 \n\n	​Program is free to members of the Society. Visitors welcome with a $10.00 suggested donation\n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/kay-stern-concert-master-of-the-san-francisco-opera-2549/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171210T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171210T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20170702T233100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T105240Z
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SUMMARY:Cosima Holiday Champagne Brunch
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 29TH THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST\nThe finale to the Wagner Society’s year is the annual Cosima Wagner Holiday Celebration. This unique\, elegant event is the highlight of the Wagner Society year. We toast Richard and Cosima with champagne\, enjoy a recital and celebrate the Wagner Society and its members. This year we are delighted to announce that our musical guests will once again be mezzo-soprano Kindra Sharich and the Alexander String Quartet.  Those who attended last years’ celebration raved about the ravishing performance of the Wesendonck Lieder!  This years’ celebration will feature a beautiful string quartet transcription of Gustav Mahler’s Rückert Lieder\, which will soon be released on CD. The music will be followed by a beautiful brunch service with plenty of wine and champage to keep the festivities bubbly. Drawing for door prizes will conclude the festivities. \nInvitations will be sent out in November\, but please mark your calendars now so that you don’t double book this date. RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 29th! \nBrunch Menu: \nSalad of Baby Spinach and Romaine with Candied Walnuts\, Sliced Pears and Goat Cheese with Sherry Vinaigrette \nChoice of Entree (Please denote your entree choice in the section OTHER INFORMATION when ordering on-line) \nA: Dill Crusted Salmon with Whole Grain Mustard Buerre Blanc\, Horesradish Mashed Potatoes and Julienne Vegetables \nB. Horeseradish Crusted Filet of Beef with Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes and Braised Chard \nC. Roasted Eggplant filled with Moroccan Spiced Vegetables and Chickpeas topped with Cashew Cream\, Saffron Rice Pilaf (Vegan and Gluten Free) \nDessert is Chocolate Trilogy served with Coffee or Tea \nMeal includes premium red wine and champagne with your meal \nPrice is $100 per person \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/cosima-holiday-champagne-brunch-2498/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T110000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20170702T231200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T105252Z
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SUMMARY:Great Wagner Sopranos of the Early Recording Era - Lisa Hirsch
DESCRIPTION:November 18th 2017 – 1:00 p.m. \n\n	JCC-SF\n\n	3200 California Street\n\n	San Francisco\, CA\n\n	 \n\n	UPDATE: Our scheduled speaker\, Thomas Grey had to withdraw due to a serious family emergency. He will be rescheduled for Fall 2018.\n\n	NEW PROGRAM: Great Female Wagnerians of the Early Recording Era\n\n	Following up on several talks about the early recording era\, WSNC Member Lisa Hirsch will discuss the great Female Wagnerians of this Era.  Many may know of the more famous early singers for example Kirsten Flagstad and Rosa Ponselle\, but there were many less well known singers who made recordings in the US and abroad. In her talk Lisa Hirsch will go back in time and demonstrate for us the wonderful world of Wagner in the early 20th Century. There will be a large number of musical examples for us to enjoy.\n\n	Lisa Hirsch has previously spokent to the Society on the topic of Wagner Singers. Lisa Hirsch is a technical writer by profession. She studied music at Brandeis and Stony Brook\, and blogs about classical music and opera at Iron Tongue of Midnight\n\n	 \n\n	 \n\n	Members are free. Guests are welcome\, a $10 donation is suggested\n\n	 \n\n	 \n\n	 \n\n	 \n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/great-wagner-sopranos-of-the-early-recording-era-lisa-hirsch-2497/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20170702T230200Z
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SUMMARY:Music in the Waters - Professor David Clay Large
DESCRIPTION:October 14\, 2017  1:00 p.m.\n\n	JCC-SF\n\n	3200 California Street\n\n	San Francisco\, CA\n\n	 \n\n	 \n\n	Music in the Waters\n\n	Composers and Conductors at the Grand Spas of Central Europe\, 1810-1914\n\n	At the height of their influence in the 19 th century\, the grand spa-towns of Central Europe – gilded refuges such as Baden-Baden\, Bad Ischl\, Marienbad\, and Baden-bei- Wien – were primary\n\n	go-to places not only for medical care but also important centers of high culture\, especially music. The rigorous cure ritual was lightened by regular musical entertainment of high quality\,\n\n	and leading composers and conductors of the day used frequent visits to the grand spas to work as well as to heal. Focusing on six major figures of the era – Beethoven\, Liszt\, Wagner\,\n\n	Berlioz\, Brahms\, and Mahler – the talk will examine the role that these musicians played in the life of the spas\, and the meaning that the spa experience had in their artistic work. This lecture\n\n	will thus explore a new corner of the old inquiry into the relationship between place and creative production.\n\n	 \n\n	Professor David Clay Large\n\nDavid Clay Large is currently a professor at the Fromm Institute\, University of San Francisco\, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies\, U.C. Berkeley.  Previously he has taught at Berkeley\, Smith College\, Montana State University\, and Yale University\, where he was also Dean of Pierson College. \nA specialist on the history of Modern Europe\, especially Germany and Austria\, Large has published widely in that field.  Among his major book publications are The Politics of Law and Order: A History of the Bavarian Einwohnerwehr (1980); Wagnerism in European Culture and Politics (1984); Contending with Hitler: Varieties of German Resistance in the Third Reich (1992); Between Two Fires: Europe’s Path in the 1930s(1993); Germans to the Front: West German Rearmament in the Adenauer Era (1996); Where Ghosts Walked: Munich’s Road to the Third Reich (1997); Berlin (2000); And the World Closed Its Doors: One Family’s Abandonment to the Holocaust (2003); Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 (2007); and Munich 1972: Tragedy\, Terror and Triumph at the Olympic Games (2012).  Presently Large is completing a cultural and social history of the major Central European spa-towns\, to be published in 2015. \nOver the course of his forty-year career as a teacher and scholar\, Large has been awarded major fellowships from many institutions\, including the Woodrow Wilson Foundation\, the Ford Foundation\, the Fulbright Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Morse Faculty Fund of Yale University\, and the German Marshal Fund. \n  \nMembers are free. Guests are welcome – a $10 donation is suggested \n\n 
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/music-in-the-waters-professor-david-clay-large-2496/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170916T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170916T103000
DTSTAMP:20261101T004712
CREATED:20170702T225200Z
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SUMMARY:Der fliegende Hollander
DESCRIPTION:September 16\, 2017\n\n	1:00 p.m.\n\n	JCC-SF\n	3200 California Street (@ Presidio)\n	San Francisco\, CA\n\n	 \n\n	The production team for Opera San José is unable to be with us\, as an alternative\, we will screen a DVD of Der fliegende Hollander.\n\n	 \n\n	Members are free; Guests are always welcome\n\n	 \n\n	Liebig Image courtesy of Trish Benedict
URL:https://wagnersf.org/events/der-fliegende-hollander-2495/
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