The Wagner Society of Ireland, furthering the understanding of the music of Richard Wagner

The Wagner Society of Ireland is a not for profit organisation devoted to furthering the understanding of the music of Richard Wagner through such events as seminars, lectures, recitals, interviews, films, and assistance to promising young artists.

The Wagner Society of Ireland is Affiliated to the International Richard Wagner Verband.

Mid April 2012

Upcoming Events:

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE: Our next event, Ian Fox's talk on Irish Visitors to Bayreuth has been rescheduled to TUESDAY, MAY 29th at 8.00 pm in the UAC

This will be our last event in the current season. The Committee is working on our plans for the important 2012/2013 season. Details will be posted in the Events section above as soon they are finalised.

Upcoming Performances:

From time to time we receive information on upcoming stagings of Wagner's works. Recently we have been overwhelmed by a veritable tsunami of announcements of performances, mainly of the Ring (in New York, Seattle, Paris, Berlin, La Scala Milan, Longborough, Halle & Ludwigshafen, Munich and Mannheim) in 2012/13/14. The updated list can be downloaded by clicking here.

Newsletter:

The latest Newsletter (and previous ones as well) can be accessed by clicking the appropriate link above.

Links:

Remember to click on Useful Links above for information on what other Wagner Societies are doing; on travel and accommodation; on past and future performances of Wagner's works, and read the recent Jonas Kaufmann interview from the New York Review of Books, illustrated with videos.