Past Events

February 23, 2020, Sunday

Bryan Gilliam lecture on Languishing and Thirsting: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

January 12, 2020, Sunday

Jeffrey Buller lecture on Sleep in The Ring.

November 17, 2019, Sunday

Triangle Wagner Society and the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle presented Beyond Opera, featuring the non-staged works of some of opera’s greatest names. Included in the program was a performance of Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder featuring Soprano LaToya Lain.

Prior to the performance, Mina Lee of the Duke Music Department presented a special lecture sponsored by the Triangle Wagner Society.

View the recording of the event.

November 2, 2019, Saturday

William Henry Curry lecture on The Early WagnerConductors: Their Legacy and Recordings.

October 29, 2019, Tuesday

Eric Mitchko talk on Siegfried prior to NC Opera performance of Act III on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Co-sponsored by Quail Ridge Books, Triangle Wagner Society, and WCPE.

October 12 and October 26, 2019, Saturdays

Brunch and lecture prior to Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performances of Turandot and Manon.

October 13, 2019, Sunday

Eric Mitchko lecture on The Recorded Hero: Interpreters of the Young Siegfried on Disc.

September 15, 2019, Sunday

Susan Dakin lecture on Tannhauser: Sources and Symbolism.

June 9, 2019, Sunday

Will Berger, producer and author, lecture on Wagner, Technology, and Environment.

Will Berger — Excerpts from Wagner, Technology, and Environment.

May 18, 2019, Saturday 10am – 2:30pm

Half-Day Program David B. Levy, PhD, Professor of Music, Wake Forest University, lectures on Tristan und Isolde: Hearing the Light and Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Wagner Goes for Baroque.