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    https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/21107/slideshows/homeCustom1400x480/Picture7.png Sunday, February 28, 2021, 3:00 PM EST An Exclusive YouTube Event Presented by WSNY Click to Register! https://wagnersocietyny.org/events/the-russian-parsifal-nicolai-rimsky-korsakov-and-the-invisible-city-of-kitezh _blank
    https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/21107/slideshows/homeCustom1400x480/Jeffrey%20Swann%20photov4.jpg-1.png Now on YouTube: Jan. 10 recital featuring by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Wagner (Tristan) Click here to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsuHuusRfhs&feature=youtu.be _blank
    https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/21107/slideshows/homeCustom1400x480/gouldthumbnail4_nologo.jpg Stephen Gould Masterclass Premiered by WSNY on Dec. 11, the video is now available on YouTube Click here to watch! https://www.youtube.com/user/wsny1 _blank
    https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/21107/slideshows/homeCustom1400x480/Met%20Opera%20Image_03-19-20.jpg Streamings! Featuring Wagner and Much More Click here for links! https://wagnersocietyny.org/news/streamings-update-wagner-and-more _blank

  • Special Offer for Non Members

    We have a special membership offer, valid through Feb. 28, 2021, for those who are not yet members or who haven't recently renewed: your membership will be valid through Aug. 2022! Why membership? It benefits you and it supports our endeavors (virtual events have high production costs) and it assists our promising singer awardees and grantees, especially important during the pandemic. Only current members may apply for our annual allotment of Bayreuth tickets. Our newsletter Wagner Notes is also a member benefit. The January issue was sent gratis to a wide distribution, with this special membership offer. Click here to join today using our online membership form.

    About the Wagner Society of New York: see BREAKING NEWS item below

    The Wagner Society of New York is the largest in North America. Established in 1977, we are celebrating our 44th anniversary this year!     Please visit this website often, for many reasons: information, updates, and links to upcoming events; excerpts from our tri-monthly publication Wagner Notes; information for members only to apply for Bayreuth Festival tickets; access to our extensive catalogue of Wagner-related books and other valuable products (with member discounts); and links to many other Wagner organizations and institutions.

    Your membership is vital to support our endeavors and to assist promising singers with grants and performances. We thank those current members who have renewed their memberships, which were due by December 31, 2020 for the September 2020 through August 2021 year.

    Click here for the Bayreuth and WSNY Bayreuth policies. For more information, click here to visit the Festival website. Please check our Bayreuth Festival page often for updated announcements.

  • Looking Ahead...

    - Sunday, February 28, 2021, 3:00 - 4:15 pm EST: Professor Harlow Robinson on "The Russian Parsifal?: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and The Invisible City of Kitezh." He will focus on Wagner's decisive influence on Russian composers, including Rimsky-Korsakov, with audio and visual illustrations. Click HERE to register!
    - Sunday, May 16, 2021, 3:00 - 4:14 pm EST: Recital by Helena Brown, soprano, a 2018 Robert Lauch Memorial Awardee. Ms. Brown was an ensemble soloist in the Met's recent production of Porgy and Bess. Details will be posted when available.
    -  Date to Be Announced: Maestro Eve Queler and Rienzi. Maestro Queler (innovator, founder and director of OONY) brought this early and complex Wagner opera to New York in several concert performances beginning in 1992. With photos, clips, and live soloists.

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