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.

September 2016

Events:

As you will already have seen from Stephen's Newsletter, we have lined up an interesting and varied series of events for the 2016/2017 season. It starts on Thursday, September 15 with a talk by Paddy Brennan with the intriguing title "My progress as a pilgrim on the road to Monsalvat".

Please note that the "Met Live in HD" season starts this year on October 8 with Tristan und Isolde, starring Stuart Skelton and Nina Stemme. Check your local cinema or look up www.classicalartsireland.org.

RWVI Website:

The Richard Wagner Verband International has just created an excellent new website - www.richard-wagner.org - in English, French and German. It's worth a look.

Wagner Operas on the Internet:

The are a number of websites (particularly www.youtube.com ) where one can watch complete operas on demand and free of charge on the internet.

Of particular interest is the website www.theoperaplatform.eu/en which is is currently (until 31/10/2017) showing the Dutch National Opera production of Die Walküre, with Thomas J Mayer, Christopher Ventris, Catherine Foster and Catherine Naglestad. Also available are the Wiener Staatsoper productions of Parsifal and (from May 6) Götterdämmerung.

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 and reviews of Wagner's works.

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