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Wagner Society of Ireland Events  

  (updated October 2022)

 

Programme of Events 2023/2024 Season

Date
Event
Location
Time

May 25th 30th 2024

Society trip to Wiesbaden for Wagner Ring Cycle

N/A

 

Monday April 29th 2024

Killian Farrell, conductor in conversation with Michael Lee

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Monday March 4th 2024

AGM followed by "Ian Fox considers the many transcriptions, variations, fantasies & other versions of Wagner's music created by other composers"

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Monday February 12th 2024

Dr. David Larkin on "Beyond the Opera House: CS Lewis & Wagner reception in Edwardian Britain" by Zoom"

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Monday January 15th 2024

Michael Dervan on "Musings on Wagner"

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Monday December 11th 2023

Recital by Sean Tester, Tenor and Orlaith Sharkey, Piano

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Wednesday November 8th 2023

David Nice, music critic, broadcaster, author & lecturer on "The Wagner recordings of Albert Coates"

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Monday October 23rd 2023

Elaine Padmore on "Opera at the Helm: My years as Director of Opera at Covent Garden & The Royal Danish Opera"

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Saturday September 30th 2023

Society trip to Opera Bastille, Paris for Lohengrin

Monday September 18th 2023

Prof. John Kelly, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, St. John's College, Oxford on "Wagner as an influence on the Irish Literary Revival"

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Monday May 15th 2023

Eugene Downes, " Here Time turns into Space " Wagner in the Theatre

UAC at 8.00pm

 

Monday September 19th 2022

Prof Brian O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy UCD on "Wagner and German Philosophy, 1849 - 1852"

UAC at 8.00pm

 

October 15th - 23rd 2022

Society trip to the Staatsoper Berlin for Wagner Ring Cycle

 

Wednesday November 2nd 2022

Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano in conversation with Ian Fox

UAC at 8.00pm

Monday November 28th 2022

Fred Plotkin, New York City on "Wagner in Italy: by Zoom

UAC at 8.00pm

Monday December 12th 2022

Recital with Amy Ni Fhearraigh, soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano followed by seasonal drinks

UAC at 8.00pm

Monday January 16th 2023

Michael McCaffery on "Winifred Wagner - The Mistress of Bayreuth?"

UAC at 8.00pm

Saturday February 18th 2023

Dinner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Wagner Society of Ireland

UAC at 7.30pm for 8.00pm

Monday March 13th 2023

AGM followed by Ian Fox on "Ten more things concerning Richard Wagner"

UAC at 8.00pm

Saturday March 18th 2023

Lohengrin from the Metropolitan Opera NY

cinema near you at 4.00pm

Saturday April 22nd

Study Day on Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg led by Michael Lee

UAC 10.00am - 5.00pm

May 4th - 7th 2023

Society trip to Staatsoper Berlin for Tannhauser and Semperoper Dresden for Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

 

Monday December 6  

Recital with Susie Gibbons, Soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano     

 

UAC

8 pm

 
 

Monday January 17

     
Cancelled

 

UAC

8 pm

 
 

 

Saturday

 February 19

      Study Day on Rienzi conducted by Michael Lee 

 

UAC

10 am - 5 pm

 
 

Monday

March 21

A short AGM

followed by a talk by

Ian Fox - 

 

10 things you (probably) did not know about Wagner

 

UAC

 

8pm

 

 
 

Monday

April 25

Patrick Mason

on

 

The Myth of Opera: Monteverdi to Wagner

 
UAC

 

8pm

 

 
 

Monday

May 16

Deborah Kelleher (Director RIAM)

on

 

My Journey to Wagner


 
UAC

 

8pm

 

 

June  

Society Trip to Leipzig

Leipzig,

 Germany

 

  8 p.m.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     
       

 

 

Programme of Events 2020/2021 Season

Date
Event
Location
Time
POSTPONED      

Desiree May

on

"The Wagner Dynasty from Richard to Katharina:

The Masters & Mistresses of Bayreuth"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

POSTPONED

     

Elaine Padmore

on

"Opera at the Helm:

My years as Director of Opera at Covent Garden & The Royal Danish Opera  "

 

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

8 p.m.
 

 

POSTPONED

     

Deborah Kelleher

Director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music

on

"My Journey to Wagner  "

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2 

 
 

CANCELLED

Society trip to  Der Ring des Nibelungen Opera Bastille, Paris  
       
Monday December 7      

Christmas Event

 

 

 

A Christmas Quiz Via Zoom

 

 

On your computer  

 

 

  8 p.m.
       
       

 

 

 

 

 

Programme of Events 2019/2020 Season

Date
Event
Location
Time
Monday

Sep 16th

2019

     

Michael Lee

Dept of Music, TCD

on

"Wagner, Gluck & Armide"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 Monday

Oct 21st

2019

     

Adrian LeHarivel

Curator of British Art, National Gallery if Ireland

on

"Wagner & The Myths of the Rhine"

 

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

8 p.m.
 

 November

2019

     

Wagner Society Trip to Amsterdam for Die Walküre

 

Amsterdam  
       
       
Monday

 Dec 2nd

2019

     

Christmas Event

 

Andrew Gavin, Tenor & Niall Kinsella, Pianist

 

followed by Seasonal Drinks

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
Monday

Jan 20th

2020

     

 

John Allen

 

on

"The Wagner Legacy"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
Monday

Feb 17th

2020

     

 

Paddy Brennan

 

on

"Irish Singers of Wagner"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

8 p.m.
Monday

Mar 2nd

2020

     

 

AGM

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

8 p.m.
       
       
       
 

 >>Saturday<<

Mar 14th

2020

 

 

 

Der Fliegende Holländer

 

 

 from the Metropolitan Opera, New York

At a cinema near you  
Postponed      

 

Ian Fox

 

on

"Ten things you (probably) did not know about Wagner"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

8 p.m.
       
May 29th - 31st

 2020

     

 

Wagner Society Trip to Berlin for Der Fliegende Holländer, Parsifal, Tristan & Isolde

 

 

 

 

Berlin  
       
      

 

 

 

Programme of Events 2018/2019 Season

Date
Event
Location
Time
Monday

Oct 15th

2019

     

A Celebration of

Jennifer Davis

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 Wednesday

Oct 17th

2018

     

Christopher Morris

on

Invisible Theatre:

Orchestral Interludes in

Post-Wagnerian Opera

 

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

8 p.m.
 

>>Sunday<<

 Oct 28th

2018

     

Die Walküre

 

 from the Royal Opera, Covent Garden

At a cinema near you  
       
       
Wednesday

 Dec 12th

2018

     

Christmas Event

 

A Recital by

Gemma Ni Bhriain

 

followed by Seasonal Drinks

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
Monday

Jan 14th

2019

     

 

Michael McCaffery

 Wagner’s Women- The women who influenced Wagner and Bayreuth

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

 
Wednesday

 Feb 20th

2019

     

Patrick Mason

 

Trouble in the Brotherhood: reflections on Parsifal and The Magic Flute

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

 
       

Monday

Mar 11th

 2019

 

AGM

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

 >>Saturday<<

Mar 30th

2019

 

Die Walküre

 

 from the Metropolitan Opera, New York

At a cinema near you  
 

1st-5th

May

2019

 

Wagner Society Trip

Tannhäuser Amsterdam May 1st

Tristan und Isolde Brussels May 4th

   
 

>>> Monday

May 13th <<

 

 2019

 

 

Ian Fox

 

Ernest Newman - on the 60th anniversary of his death

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
      

 

 

Programme of Events 2017/2018 Season

Date
Event
Location
Time
 

Thursday,

Sep 21st

2017

     

Fergus Shiel

on

"Eithne and the Influence of Wagner"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

>>Saturday<<

Oct 14th

2017

     

A performance of EITHNE

 

National Concert Hall,

Earlsfort Terrace

8 p.m.

>>Wednesday<<

 Oct 18th

2017

     

Anthony Linehan

on

"Seeing and understanding in Wagner's operas" 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

 

8 p.m.

 

Nov 11th - 12th

2017

     

Society Trip to BERLIN

 

Berlin, Germany  

>>WEDNESDAY<<

 Nov 15th

2017

     

Ian Fox

on

"Toscanini and Wagner" 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

 

8 p.m.

>>Please Note<<

WEDNESDAY,

 

 Dec 13th

2017

     

Adrian LeHarivel

on

"The Many Faces of Wagner"

 

followed by Seasonal Drinks

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
>>Please Note<<

MONDAY,

January 15th 

2018

     

Paddy Brennan

on

"Irish Singers of Wagner"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
>>Please Note<<

WEDNESDAY,

 

February 21st

 

2018

 

 

Paul Anthony Murray

on

"Richard Wagner and the Opera of the Undead"

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
>>Please Note<<

MONDAY,

 

March12th

 2018

 

AGM

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
>>Please Note<<

MONDAY,

 

 April 16th

 

2018

 

Michael McCaffery

on

"The Imperfect Wagnerite - G B Shaw and Wagner"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
>>Please Note the New Date<<

MONDAY,

May 21st

 

 2018

 

 

Ian Fox

on

"Beecham and Wagner"

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
       
      

 

 

 

Programme of Events 2016/2017 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
 

Thursday,

Sep 15th

2016

     

Paddy Brennan

on

"My progress as a pilgrim on the road to Monsalvat"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

>>Saturday<<

Oct 8th

2016

     

Tristan und Isolde

Live from the Met in HD

 

At a Cinema near you -

check local listings

 
 

Saturday-Sunday

 Oct 15th&16th

2016

     

Derek Watson Seminar

 

"Parsifal"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

 Sat

 Sun

 

Thursday,

Nov 17th

2016

     

Christopher Morris Video in Opera

Tristan und Isolde

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
       
       
 

>>NEW DATE<<

Wednesday,

Dec 14th

2016

     

Recital by

Padraig O'Rourke

followed by Seasonal Drinks

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,  

 Jan 19th

2017

     

Patrick Carnegy

on

"Shakespeare and Wagner"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

>>>Tuesday<<<

Feb 7th

2017

 

Paul McNamara

on

"Singing Wagner"

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

Mar 9th

 2017

 

AGM

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

Mar 23rd

 2017

 

Timothy King 

on

"What would Wagner have thought of modern Regietheater?" 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

Apr 20th

 2017

 

 

Ian Fox 

on

"Albert Coates" 

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

May 18th

 2017

 

 

John Allen

on

"Heil Dir, Hans Sachs" 

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
June 2017 

Society Trip

Annual Trip

 

 
Prague

&

Budapest

 

 

 

 

Programme of Events 2015/2016 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
 

Thursday,

Sep 17th

2015

     

John Allen

on

"Wagner Knights"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

Oct 15th

2015

     

Desiree Mays

on

"Wagner's Women: Real and Imagined"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Saturday,

Oct 31st

2015

     

Tannhäuser

Live from the Met in HD

 

At a Cinema near you -

check local listings

 
 

Friday -Sunday

 Nov 20th-22nd

2015

     

Derek Watson Workshop

 

"Götterdämmerung"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

Fri Eve

 Sat

 Sun

 

Thursday,

Dec 10th

2015

     

Recital by

Padraig O'Rourke

followed by Seasonal Drinks

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

> WEDNESDAY<

 Jan 13th

2016

     

Joanna Crooks

on

The 2002 NYOI Ring cycles in Limerick and Birmingham"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,  

Feb 18th

2016

 

 

AGM

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

Mar10th

 2016

 

Muiris  O’Keeffe 

on

"Ernest Reyer and the Other Siegfried" 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

Apr 14th

 2016

 

 

Ian Fox 

on

"Early Recordings of the Ring" 

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 

Thursday,

May 26th

 2016

 

 

Anthony Linehan

on

"The Dutchman and Fafner's Gold" 

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
June

16th-19th

 2016

 

Society Trip to Budapest:

Der Ring des Nibelungen

 

 
Budapest, Hungary  

 

 

Programme of Events 2014/2015 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
  Thursday, Sep 18th

2014

 

Barry Millington

on

"The Sorcerer of Bayreuth"

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 Cancelled      

Derek Watson Workshop

Siegfried

 

   

 

 

 

  Thursday, Nov 20th

2014

John Allen

on

"Richard Strauss, A Lifelong Love Affair"

 

United Arts Club,

 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

 

  8 p.m.
  WEDNESDAY, Dec 10th

2014 

 

SGM

followed by

Christmas Entertainment (film)

followed by

Seasonal  Drinks

 
United Arts Club,

 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

7:30 p.m.
 Saturday, Dec 13th

2014

 

Live broadcast of

Die Meistersinger

 in HD from the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

 
Cinemas countrywide

Check local listings

   p.m. 
 

  Thursday, Jan 15th

 2015

 

Michael Murphy, UL

on

"Public perceptions of Wagner performances in Ireland"

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, 

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.
 Late Jan / Early Feb

2015

     

Proposed trip to Zŭrich:

 

Tristan und Isolde / Norma

 

Zŭrich,

Switzerland

 

 

 

 

  

 Sat/Sun Feb 21st/22nd

2015

     

Derek Watson Workshop

 
United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

 Dublin 2

 

 

10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Sat)

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sun) 

 

  

 Tuesday, Feb 24th

2014

 

Live broadcast of

Der Fliegende Holländer

  from Covent Garden, London.

 
Cinemas countrywide

Check local listings

   p.m. 
New Date:

WEDNESDAY Mar 18th

2015

 

Annual General Meeting

 

 

United Arts Club,  

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,

Dublin 2

  8 p.m.

 Thursday Apr 23rd

2015

 

Wolfgang Marx, UCD

on

"Albert Lortzing: Hans Sachs and the first Meistersinger"

 
United Arts Club,

3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, 

Dublin 2

8 p.m. 
May 14th-17th

2015

     

RWVI Annual Congress

Full programme

+ Ring of the Nibelungen

 

Dessau,

Germany

 

 

 

 

  

  May 21st-25th

  2015

 

Society Trip to Leipzig:

Parsifal /

Das Liebesverbot /

Siegfried

 

 
  

Leipzig,

Germany

 
  May  2015  

TBA

 
 

 

 . 

 

Programme of Events 2013/2014 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
  Thursday, Sep 12th 2013  

Presentation by Fergus Shiel

On the challenges of staging Tristan und Isolde in Dublin, 2012

 

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2   8 p.m.
 Sat/Sun Oct 12th/13th 2013      

Derek Watson workshop

 

Introduction to the Ring as a whole, and to Das Rheingold

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2  

10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Sat)

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sun) 

 

 

 

  Sunday, Oct 13th 2013

 

Paul McNamara (Tenor) and Philip Mays (Piano)

 

Song Recital: 'In the Shadows of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus', with songs by Stanford, Liszt, Humperdinck, Wolf and Duparc

 
Hugh Lane Gallery  (Admission Free)   12 noon
 

  Monday, Oct 14th 2013

 

Paul McNamara

 

Lecture Recital: 'An Introduction to Wagner and the Bayreuth Festival'

 
Room AM109,

Arts Millennium Building,

NUI Galway

  (Admission Free)
  1 p.m.
 

  Tuesday, Oct 15th 2013

 

Paul McNamara (Tenor) and Philip Mays (Piano)

 

Song Recital 'In the Shadows of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus', with songs by Stanford, Liszt, Humperdinck, Wolf and Duparc

 
 

Aula Maxima,

NUI Galway

  

Tickets €20 / Friends and Concessions €16 / students (full time) €6 from Music for Galway 091705962

or from Opus 2,  4 High Street, Galway. 

 8 p.m.
  Thursday, Nov 7th 2013  

Padraig O'Rourke

on

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

 
United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2   8 p.m.
  Thursday, Dec 5th 2013  

Dame Anne Evans

in conversation with Padraig O'Rourke about singing Wagner

 
 NOTE:

 Changed Venue!

 Herbert Park Hotel,

 Ballsbridge

 Changed Venue!

  8 p.m.
 Wednesday, Dec 18th 2013  

Live broadcast of Parsifal from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

 
Cinemas countrywide

Check local listings

  4.45 p.m. 
 

  Thursday, Jan 23rd 2014

 

John Allen

on

Lesser Spotted Wagner: the minor compositions of Richard Wagner

 
United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2   8 p.m.
 Sat/Sun Feb 22nd/23rd 2014      

Derek Watson workshop

 

Die Walküre

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2  

 

10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Sat)

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sun) 

 

  

Thursday Mar 6th 2014  

Annual General Meeting

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2

  8 p.m.

 Thursday Mar 27th 2014  

Paddy Brennan

on

Wagner's Weird, Wacky and Wonderful world

 
United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 8 p.m. 
 WEDNESDAY Apr 9th 2014  

Muiris O'Keefe

on

Fear and Loathing in Valhalla: attitudes to women in Wagner's operas

 
United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2   8 p.m. 
 Thursday May 8th 2014  

Ian Fox

on

Wagner's Muse: the influence of Cosima on Richard Wagner

 
United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2   8 p.m. 
 Fri - Mon May 9th - 12th 2014  

Wagner Society of Ireland 2014 Trip

Tristan & Meistersinger

 
Frankfurt & Karlsruhe, Germany  
 Thu -  Sun May 29th - Jun 1st 2014  

AGM of the Richard Wagner Verband International

 

Graz, Austria  
       

Programme of Events 2012/2013 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
  Thursday, Sep 20th 2012  

Our 10th Anniversary Dinner

 

Donnybrook Fair,  

89, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4

  7:30 for 8.00 p.m.
  Sunday, Sep 30th 2012  

Fully Staged Performance of Tristan and Isolde

 

Bord Gais Energy Theatre

Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2 

5.00 p.m.

 Thursday, October 25th  

Wagner: Chöre und Umlaute

- talk by Chris McQuaid

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
DATE CHANGE!!

Thursday, December 6th

DATE CHANGE!!

 

Can Technology Help Keep Opera Alive and Relevant to 21st Century Audiences in Ireland

- talk by Jarlath Jennings

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
Friday, January 4th 2013 

Wagner Concert in the NCH with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and Miriam Murphy

 

National Concert Hall  Club,  Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
Thursday January 24th  

Was Bruckner a Wagnerian Symphonist?

- talk by Julian Horton

 

 
United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
Jan 25th - 31st 2013  

Veronica Dunne Singing Competition

 

   
Wednesday February 27th 2013  

Annual General Meeting

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
 Fri 15th / Sun 17th February 2013  

Fully Staged Performance of Der Fliegende Holländer

The Society will arrange a trip

NI Opera,

Grand Opera House,

Belfast

 
DATE CHANGE!!

Thursday, April 4th

DATE CHANGE!! 

 

The Human in Verdi and Wagner

- talk by Anthony Linehan

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday April 13th/14th      

Derek Watson Seminar

 

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   TBA
Thursday May 23rd  

The Composer as Librettist - A Comparison between Wagner and other Composer/Librettists

- talk by Ian Fox

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
       
       

 

 

Programme of Events 2011/2012 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
  Thursday, Sep 22nd 2011  

Bruce Arnold

Bayreuth 1959 and 2011 - My Two Visits,

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
  Saturday, Oct 15th 2011  

Lohengrin Study Day with Derek Watson

 

The Herbert Park Hotel,

Ballsbridge 

  9:30 a.m.
  Thursday, Nov 24th 2011  

A Reluctant Singer - talk by Padraig O'Rourke  

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
  Thursday, Dec 15th 2011  

Christmas Event and Bayreuth Draw

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan  24th 2012  

Singing Wagner - talk by Paul McNamara

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
 Thursday, Feb 23rd 2012  

2012 AGM, 

followed by

John Allen- 

"The Wagner Legacy - German Opera in the wake of the Master"

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2  AGM  7.00 p.m.

followed by John's talk @ 8.00 p.m.

  Saturday/Sunday, Mar 31st /  Apr 1st 2012  

Tristan Study Days

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   9:30 a.m.
  April 2012  

Wagner Society 2012 Trip

to Würzburg for Tristan & Isolde  with Paul McNamara as Tristan - April 15

onwards to Nürnberg for Der Fliegende Holländer - April 16

 

Würzburg

 &

Nürnberg

Germany

 
Tuesday May 29th, 2012  

Ian Fox - "Irish Visitors to Bayreuth"  

 

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2   8.00 p.m.
  May  17th - 20th 2012  

International Wagner Congress in Prague

 

Prague

Czech Republic  

 

 

 

Programme of Events 2010/2011 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
Sep 23rd 2010 John Allen

The Road to Valhalla - a survey of German Opera before Wagner

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
Oct 21st 2010 Anthony Linehan

Parsifal - the final evolution in Wagner's concept of "redemption"

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
Nov 18th 2010 Ian Fox

Wagner and Joyce

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
Dec 16th 2010 Christmas Event and Bayreuth Draw United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
Sunday Jan 9th 2011   Special Concert Sponsored by the Wagner Society:

Exploring links between Wagner Meyerbeer and Stanford: Paul McNamara, tenor; Colette McGahon, mezzo-soprano; and Philip Mayers, piano.

 

Dublin City Gallery- The Hugh Lane

  Parnell Square,

   Dublin 1

12.00 noon
Wednesday January 26th 2011   Fergus O'Carroll of the NSO will give a talk on the Wagner Tuba, prior to the use of these instruments in a performance of Bruckner's 8th Symphony in the NCH on Friday, January 28th. United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
Saturday Feb 5th 2011   Day-long event:

Talk by Derek Watson on Tannhäuser – followed by optional dinner and DVD viewing of the opera.

 

The Herbert Park Hotel,

Ballsbridge

9.30 a.m.
Wednesday Feb 23rd 2011 Annual General Meeting

A DVD on Max Lorentz's Life will also be shown

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
Thursday Mar 24th 2011 "Recordings of Wagner's Parsifal"

A personal appraisal by our Honorary Vice President Christopher McQuaid

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
April 20th - 25th 2011 Group Trip to the Ring Cycle produced by Denis Krief Karlsruhe, Germany  
Thursday Apr 28th 2011 Derek Scally

"Culture and cultural publics in Germany"

United Arts Club,  3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.

 

 

Programme of Events 2009/2010 Season(Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
September 17th  2009 Anthony Linehan - The History of Wagner Performances in Ireland United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
October 13th  2009 Ian Fox - “The Imperfect Wagnerite” - George Bernard Shaw's views and comments on Wagner and Wagnerian performances in his day United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
November 21st 2009 Derek Watson will give a talk before this evening's performance of Das Rheingold Probably in the Merrion Hotel 2.00 p.m.
December 17th 2009 Supper and Ballot for Bayreuth Tickets 2010 United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
January 16th 2010 Derek Watson - Day long talk on The Flying Dutchman Herbert Park Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 All day
January 31st 2010 Recital by Paul McNamara    

 (Part-sponsored by ourselves)

Hugh Lane Gallery,   Dublin 1 12 noon
February 10th - 15th 2010 Trip to Berlin Berlin  
March 8th 2010 Annual General Meeting United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
March 31st 2010 Muiris O’Keeffe

Old Bayreuth  recordings          (1904–43)

United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
May 6th 2010

 

Paddy Brennan

Performances by DGOS/Opera Ireland of Wagner operas since the 1950s

United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
May 20th 2010 Deirdre Tinney

Wagner and French Symbolist Poets of the Nineteenth Century

United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,   Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
February 25th 2010 6th Annual General Meeting United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
March 26th 2010 Derek Watson - An illustrated talk on “Richard Wagner's Arthurian Quest” Herbert Park Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 8.00 p.m.
September 17th  2010 Anthony Linehan - The History of Wagner Performances in Ireland United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
October 13th  2010 Ian Fox - “The Imperfect Wagnerite” - George Bernard Shaw's views and comments on Wagner and Wagnerian performances in his day United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
November 21st 2010 Derek Watson will give a talk before this evening's performance of Das Rheingold Probably in the Merrion Hotel 2.00 p.m.
December 17th 2010 Supper and Ballot for Bayreuth Tickets 2010 United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.

 

 

Programme of Events 2008/2009 Season (Back to top of page)

Date
Event
Location
Time
January 30th 2008 Bernard Clarke, Lyric FM
"Wagner & 20th Century Music"
United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
February 27th 2008 Special General Meeting United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
March 26th 2008 Piano Recital by Deborah Armstrong- Transcriptions of Wagner's Music. The Royal Irish Academy of Music, 36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2 7.00 p.m.
October 29th 2008 Col. Brendan Power, Honorary Member
Director of Defence Forces School of Music
"Wagner Forces"
United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
December 17th 2008 Dinner and Ballot of Tickets, Bayreuther Festspiele 2009. United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 7.30 for 8.00 p.m.
January 29th 2009 Dr Veronica Dunne will speak on "The Art of the Voice United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
February 25th 2009 6th Annual General Meeting United Arts Club,3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2 8.00 p.m.
March 26th  2009 Derek Watson - An illustrated talk on “Richard Wagner's Arthurian Quest” Herbert Park Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 8.00 p.m.

Reports

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