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Wagner Society of
Ireland Events
Programme of Events 2023/2024
Season
Date
Event
Location
Time
Monday December 9th, 2024
Xmas Recital followed by seasonal drinks.
Artists TBA
8.00pm
Monday November 18th, 2024
Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan on "The Quest for the Lex Parsifal"
8.00pm
Monday October 14th, 2024
Michael Grant on "Forbidden Music during the Third Reich"
8.00pm
September 16th, 2024
Prof. Jan Smaczny on "Wagner among the Czechs"
8.00pm
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
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
8:00pm
Monday, February 12th, 2024
Dr. David Larkin on "Beyond the Opera House: CS Lewis & Wagner reception in Edwardian Britain" by Zoom
UAC
8:00pm
Monday, January 15th, 2024
Michael Dervan on "Musings on Wagner"
UAC
8:00pm
Monday, December 11th, 2023
Recital by Sean Tester, Tenor and Orlaith Sharkey, Piano
UAC
8:00pm
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
David Nice, music critic, broadcaster, author & lecturer on "The Wagner recordings of Albert Coates"
UAC
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
8:00pm
Saturday, September 30th, 2023
Society trip to Opera Bastille, Paris for Lohengrin
N/A
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
8:00pm
Monday, May 15th, 2023
Eugene Downes, "Here Time turns into Space" Wagner in the Theatre
UAC
8:00pm
Monday January 16th 2023
Michael McCaffery on "Winifred Wagner - The Mistress of Bayreuth?"
UAC
8.00pm
Saturday February 18th 2023
Dinner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Wagner Society of Ireland
UAC
7.30pm for 8.00pm
Monday March 13th 2023
AGM followed by Ian Fox on "Ten more things concerning Richard Wagner"
UAC
8.00pm
Saturday March 18th 2023
Lohengrin from the Metropolitan Opera NY
cinema near you
4.00pm
Saturday April 22nd 2023
Study Day on Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg led by Michael Lee
UAC
10.00am - 5.00pm
3rd-9th May 2023
Society trip to Staatsoper Berlin for Tannhauser and Semperoper Dresden for Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Dresden/Berlin
Monday, September 19th, 2022
Prof Brian O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy UCD on "Wagner and German Philosophy, 1849 - 1852"
UAC
8:00pm
October 15th - 23rd, 2022
Society trip to the Staatsoper Berlin for Wagner Ring Cycle
N/A
Wednesday November 2nd 2022
Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano in conversation with Ian Fox
UAC
8.00pm
Monday November 28th 2022
Fred Plotkin, New York City on "Wagner in Italy: by Zoom
UAC
8.00pm
Monday December 12th 2022
Recital with Amy Ni Fhearraigh, soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano followed by seasonal drinks
UAC
8.00pm
Monday December 6th
Recital with Susie Gibbons, Soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano
UAC
8:00pm
Monday January 17th
Cancelled
UAC
8:00pm
Saturday February 19th
Study Day on Rienzi conducted by Michael Lee
UAC
10:00am - 5:00pm
Monday March 21st
A short AGM followed by a talk by Ian Fox - 10 things you (probably) did not know about Wagner
UAC
8:00pm
Monday April 25th
Patrick Mason on "The Myth of Opera: Monteverdi to Wagner"
UAC
8:00pm
Monday May 16th
Deborah Kelleher (Director RIAM) on "My Journey to Wagner"
UAC
8:00pm
June
Society Trip to Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany,
8:00pm
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
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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"
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
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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
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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
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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 countrywideCheck 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
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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
TheatreGrand
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
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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
Please click below to see the reports in Microsoft Word (.doc)
or PDF (.pdf) format:
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Commemoration Service for Dr Wolfgang Wagner
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Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2003
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Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2004
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Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2007
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Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2009
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Report on the Richard Wagner Verband 2010
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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
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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
Programme of Events 2023/2024 Season
| Date | Event | Location | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday December 9th, 2024 | Xmas Recital followed by seasonal drinks. | Artists TBA | 8.00pm | |
| Monday November 18th, 2024 | Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan on "The Quest for the Lex Parsifal" | 8.00pm | ||
| Monday October 14th, 2024 | Michael Grant on "Forbidden Music during the Third Reich" | 8.00pm | ||
| September 16th, 2024 | Prof. Jan Smaczny on "Wagner among the Czechs" | 8.00pm | ||
| 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 | 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 | 8:00pm | |
| Monday, February 12th, 2024 | Dr. David Larkin on "Beyond the Opera House: CS Lewis & Wagner reception in Edwardian Britain" by Zoom | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Monday, January 15th, 2024 | Michael Dervan on "Musings on Wagner" | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Monday, December 11th, 2023 | Recital by Sean Tester, Tenor and Orlaith Sharkey, Piano | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 | David Nice, music critic, broadcaster, author & lecturer on "The Wagner recordings of Albert Coates" | UAC | 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 | 8:00pm | |
| Saturday, September 30th, 2023 | Society trip to Opera Bastille, Paris for Lohengrin | N/A | ||
| 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 | 8:00pm | |
| Monday, May 15th, 2023 | Eugene Downes, "Here Time turns into Space" Wagner in the Theatre | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Monday January 16th 2023 | Michael McCaffery on "Winifred Wagner - The Mistress of Bayreuth?" | UAC | 8.00pm | |
| Saturday February 18th 2023 | Dinner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Wagner Society of Ireland | UAC | 7.30pm for 8.00pm | |
| Monday March 13th 2023 | AGM followed by Ian Fox on "Ten more things concerning Richard Wagner" | UAC | 8.00pm | |
| Saturday March 18th 2023 | Lohengrin from the Metropolitan Opera NY | cinema near you | 4.00pm | |
| Saturday April 22nd 2023 | Study Day on Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg led by Michael Lee | UAC | 10.00am - 5.00pm | |
| 3rd-9th May 2023 | Society trip to Staatsoper Berlin for Tannhauser and Semperoper Dresden for Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg | Dresden/Berlin | ||
| Monday, September 19th, 2022 | Prof Brian O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy UCD on "Wagner and German Philosophy, 1849 - 1852" | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| October 15th - 23rd, 2022 | Society trip to the Staatsoper Berlin for Wagner Ring Cycle | N/A | ||
| Wednesday November 2nd 2022 | Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano in conversation with Ian Fox | UAC | 8.00pm | |
| Monday November 28th 2022 | Fred Plotkin, New York City on "Wagner in Italy: by Zoom | UAC | 8.00pm | |
| Monday December 12th 2022 | Recital with Amy Ni Fhearraigh, soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano followed by seasonal drinks | UAC | 8.00pm | |
| Monday December 6th | Recital with Susie Gibbons, Soprano and Niall Kinsella, piano | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Monday January 17th | Cancelled | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Saturday February 19th | Study Day on Rienzi conducted by Michael Lee | UAC | 10:00am - 5:00pm | |
| Monday March 21st | A short AGM followed by a talk by Ian Fox - 10 things you (probably) did not know about Wagner | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Monday April 25th | Patrick Mason on "The Myth of Opera: Monteverdi to Wagner" | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| Monday May 16th | Deborah Kelleher (Director RIAM) on "My Journey to Wagner" | UAC | 8:00pm | |
| June | Society Trip to Leipzig | Leipzig, Germany, | 8:00pm |
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
|
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
|
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
|
United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 |
8 p.m. | ||
|
Monday Feb 17th 2020 |
Paddy Brennan
on
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
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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
|
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
|
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.
|
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
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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