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-January 2012

2012 Trip:

Plans for our 2012 trip are at an advanced stage. It will take place in April (and not in May as previously advised). We plan to attend Tristan & Isolde (with Paul McNamara singing) in Würzburg on April 15 and and Der Fliegende Holländer in Nürnberg on April 16.

The arrangements will be as for previous trips: The Society will book the tickets and make suggestions for travel and accommodation. Members who are interested in taking the trip (and have not yet done so) should contact the Society as soon as possible so that we can reserve performance tickets for them.

Upcoming Events:

Our next event: Paul McNamara will talk to us about Singing Wagner in the UAC on Tuesday (please note the change from our usual Thursday) 24th January at 8 pm.

John Allen's talk on 23rd February will be preceded by our Annual General Meeting, starting at 7 pm in the United Arts Club

Our next "Study Day", with Derek Watson on Tristan & Isolde, will be spread over two days - Saturday/Sunday March 31/April 1. Please note the venue - we have booked the UAC for the event.

Plans for the rest of the 2011/2012 season are shown in the Events section

Upcoming Performances:

From time to time we receive information on upcoming performances of Wagner's works. Our selection of these notices (including the 2012 New York and Munich Rings) has again been updated and can be downloaded by clicking here.

Newsletter:

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

Remember: If you are looking for information on performances of specific Wagner works, on travel costs, on what other Wagner Societies around the world are doing, etc., click on Useful Links above.