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Newsletter |
Wagner Society of
Ireland Events
(updated October 2022)
Programme of Events 2022/2023 Season
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
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Monday May 15th 2023 |
Eugene Downes, " Here Time turns into Space " Wagner in the Theatre |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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Monday September 19th 2022 |
Prof Brian O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy UCD on
"Wagner and German Philosophy, 1849 - 1852" |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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October 15th - 23rd 2022 |
Society trip to the Staatsoper Berlin for Wagner Ring Cycle |
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Wednesday November 2nd 2022 |
Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano in conversation with Ian Fox |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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Monday November 28th 2022 |
Fred Plotkin, New York City on "Wagner in Italy: by Zoom |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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Monday December 12th 2022 |
Recital with Amy Ni Fhearraigh, soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano followed by seasonal drinks |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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Monday January 16th 2023 |
Michael McCaffery on "Winifred Wagner - The Mistress of Bayreuth?" |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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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 |
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Monday March 13th 2023 |
AGM followed by Ian Fox on "Ten more things concerning Richard Wagner" |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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Saturday March 18th 2023 |
Lohengrin from the Metropolitan Opera NY |
cinema near you at 4.00pm |
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Saturday April 22nd |
Study Day on Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg led by Michael
Lee |
UAC 10.00am - 5.00pm |
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May 4th - 7th 2023 |
Society trip to Staatsoper Berlin
for Tannhauser and Semperoper Dresden for Die
Meistersinger von Nurnberg |
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Monday May 15th 2023 |
TBC |
UAC at 8.00pm |
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| Monday December 6 | Recital with Susie Gibbons, Soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano
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UAC
8 pm |
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| Monday January 17 |
Cancelled
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UAC 8 pm |
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Saturday February 19 |
Study Day on Rienzi conducted by Michael Lee
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UAC
10 am - 5 pm |
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| Monday March 21 |
A short AGM
followed by a talk by Ian Fox -
10 things you (probably) did not know about Wagner
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UAC
8pm
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| Monday April 25 |
Patrick Mason
on
The Myth of Opera: Monteverdi to Wagner
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UAC
8pm
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| Monday May 16 |
Deborah Kelleher (Director
RIAM)
on
My Journey to Wagner |
UAC
8pm
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June |
Society Trip to Leipzig |
Leipzig, Germany
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8 p.m. | |
Programme of Events 2020/2021 Season
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
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| POSTPONED |
Desiree May on
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | |
| POSTPONED |
Elaine Padmore on
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | |
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POSTPONED |
Deborah Kelleher Director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music on
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
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| CANCELLED |
Society trip to Der Ring des Nibelungen | Opera Bastille, Paris | ||
| Monday December 7 |
Christmas Event
A Christmas Quiz Via Zoom
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On your computer
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8 p.m. | |
Programme of Events 2019/2020 Season
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
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Monday Sep 16th 2019 |
Michael Lee Dept of Music, TCD on
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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
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | ||
| November 2019 |
Wagner Society Trip to Amsterdam for Die Walküre
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Amsterdam | |||
| Monday Dec 2nd 2019 |
Christmas Event
Andrew Gavin, Tenor & Niall Kinsella, Pianist
followed by Seasonal Drinks
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | ||
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Monday Jan 20th 2020 |
John Allen
on
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | ||
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Monday Feb 17th 2020 |
Paddy Brennan
on
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | ||
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Monday Mar 2nd 2020 |
AGM
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | ||
| >>Saturday<< Mar 14th 2020
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Der Fliegende Holländer
from the Metropolitan Opera, New York |
At a cinema near you | |||
| Postponed |
Ian Fox
on
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | ||
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May 29th - 31st 2020 |
Wagner Society Trip to Berlin for Der Fliegende Holländer, Parsifal, Tristan & Isolde
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Berlin | |||
Programme of Events 2018/2019 Season
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
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Monday Oct 15th 2019 |
A Celebration of Jennifer Davis
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | |
| Wednesday
Oct 17th 2018 |
Christopher Morris on
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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 | ||
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Wednesday Dec 12th 2018 |
Christmas Event
A Recital by Gemma Ni Bhriain
followed by Seasonal Drinks
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | |
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Monday Jan 14th 2019 |
Michael McCaffery Wagner’s Women- The women who influenced Wagner and Bayreuth
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
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Wednesday Feb 20th 2019 |
Patrick Mason
Trouble in the Brotherhood: reflections on Parsifal and The Magic Flute
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
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Monday Mar 11th 2019
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AGM
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | |
| >>Saturday<< Mar 30th 2019
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Die
Walküre
from the Metropolitan Opera, New York |
At a cinema near you | ||
| 1st-5th May 2019
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Wagner Society Trip Tannhäuser Amsterdam May 1st Tristan und Isolde Brussels May 4th |
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>>> Monday May 13th <<
2019
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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
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
| Thursday, Sep 21st 2017 |
Fergus Shiel on "Eithne and the Influence of Wagner"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| >>Saturday<< Oct 14th 2017 |
A performance of EITHNE
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National
Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace |
8 p.m. |
>>Wednesday<< Oct 18th 2017 |
Anthony Linehan on "Seeing and understanding in Wagner's operas"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
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Nov 11th - 12th 2017 |
Society Trip to BERLIN
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Berlin, Germany | |
>>WEDNESDAY<< Nov 15th 2017 |
Ian Fox on "Toscanini and Wagner"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
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>>Please Note<< WEDNESDAY,
Dec 13th 2017 |
Adrian LeHarivel on "The Many Faces of Wagner"
followed by Seasonal Drinks
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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"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
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>>Please Note<< WEDNESDAY, February 21st
2018
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Paul Anthony Murray on "Richard Wagner and the Opera of the Undead" United Arts Club, |
3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 8 p.m. |
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>>Please Note<< MONDAY, March12th 2018
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AGM
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
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>>Please Note<< MONDAY, April 16th
2018
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Michael McCaffery on "The Imperfect Wagnerite - G B Shaw and Wagner"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
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>>Please Note the New
Date<< MONDAY, May 21st
2018
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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)
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
| Thursday, Sep 15th 2016 |
Paddy Brennan on "My progress as a pilgrim on the road to Monsalvat"
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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
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At a Cinema
near you -
check local listings |
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| Saturday-Sunday Oct 15th&16th 2016 |
Derek Watson Seminar
"Parsifal"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
Sat Sun |
| Thursday, Nov 17th 2016 |
Christopher Morris Video in Opera Tristan und Isolde
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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
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Thursday, Jan 19th 2017 |
Patrick Carnegy on "Shakespeare and Wagner"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| >>>Tuesday<<< Feb 7th 2017
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Paul McNamara on "Singing Wagner" |
United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Thursday, Mar 9th 2017
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AGM
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Thursday, Mar 23rd 2017
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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
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Ian Fox
on "Albert Coates" |
United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Thursday, May 18th 2017
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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
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Prague
& Budapest
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Programme of Events 2015/2016 Season (Back to top of page)
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
| Thursday, Sep 17th 2015 |
John Allen on "Wagner Knights"
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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"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Saturday, Oct 31st 2015 |
Tannhäuser Live from the Met in HD
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At a Cinema
near you -
check local listings |
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| Friday -Sunday Nov 20th-22nd 2015 |
Derek Watson Workshop
"Götterdämmerung"
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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
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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"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Thursday, Feb 18th 2016
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AGM |
United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Thursday, Mar10th 2016
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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
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Ian Fox
on "Early Recordings of the Ring" |
United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Thursday, May 26th 2016
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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
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Budapest, Hungary |
Programme of Events 2014/2015 Season (Back to top of page)
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
| Thursday, Sep
18th
2014 |
Barry Millington on "The Sorcerer of Bayreuth"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. |
| Cancelled |
Derek Watson Workshop Siegfried
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| Thursday, Nov
20th
2014 |
John Allen on "Richard Strauss, A Lifelong Love Affair" |
United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2
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8 p.m. |
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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
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Zŭrich,
Switzerland |
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| 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)
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| 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
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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
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Dessau,
Germany |
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| May
21st-25th 2015 |
Society Trip to Leipzig: Parsifal / Das Liebesverbot / Siegfried
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Leipzig, Germany |
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| May 2015 | TBA |
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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
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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
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Sat) 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sun)
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Sat) 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sun)
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| Thursday Mar 6th 2014 | Annual General Meeting
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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
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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
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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
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Bord Gais Energy
Theatre Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2 |
5.00 p.m. |
| Thursday, October 25th | Wagner: Chöre und Umlaute - talk by Chris McQuaid
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 | 8.00 p.m. |
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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
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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
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National Concert Hall Club, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 | 8.00 p.m. |
| Thursday January 24th | Was Bruckner a Wagnerian Symphonist? - talk by Julian Horton
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 | 8.00 p.m. |
| Jan 25th - 31st 2013 | Veronica Dunne Singing Competition
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| Wednesday February 27th 2013 | Annual General Meeting
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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 |
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DATE CHANGE!! Thursday, April 4th DATE CHANGE!! |
The Human in Verdi and Wagner - talk by Anthony Linehan
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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
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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
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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,
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 | 8.00 p.m. |
| Saturday, Oct 15th 2011 | Lohengrin Study Day with Derek Watson
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The Herbert
Park Hotel, Ballsbridge |
9:30 a.m. |
| Thursday, Nov 24th 2011 | A Reluctant Singer - talk by Padraig O'Rourke
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 | 8.00 p.m. |
| Thursday, Dec 15th 2011 | Christmas Event and Bayreuth Draw
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 | 8.00 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Jan 24th 2012 | Singing Wagner - talk by Paul McNamara
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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"
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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
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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
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Würzburg & Nürnberg Germany |
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| Tuesday May 29th, 2012 | Ian Fox - "Irish Visitors to Bayreuth"
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United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 | 8.00 p.m. |
| May 17th - 20th 2012 | International Wagner Congress in Prague
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
Please click below to see the reports in Microsoft Word (.doc) or PDF (.pdf) format:
- Commemoration Service for Dr Wolfgang Wagner
- Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2003
- Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2004
- Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2007
- Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2009
- Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2010
- Bayreuth 2003
- Limerick Ring Cycle
- Paul McNamara - Review
- Ian Fox's Book List - "Joyce & Wagner"
- Our trip to the Ring in Karlsruhe in April 2011
- Chris McQuaid's List of Wagner Voices
- Chris McQuaid's Review of Tannhäuser - Bayreuth 2011
- John Allen's talk notes: Siegfried Wagner
- John Allen's talk notes: The Wagner Legacy