Promoting the study of Richard Wagner's music, and fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of his works.

SEPTEMBER 2022

September 18, 2022 at 4:30 pm – Let’s celebrate the summer with a cookout! The Wagner Society will supply the sausages and beer. Bring a dish to share while we listen to Wagner’s music and enjoy being together.

September 20 – November 8, 2022 at 9:30 am, Wagner’s ring Cycle, Part 2 facilitated by Jim Slouffman at OLLI – UC. www.uc.edu/olli

September 21 – December 28, 2022 at 10:00 am, Esoteric Wagner. This year we will begin our study of The Ring on a deeper level using various texts, a review of the Leitmotifs and use Robert Donington’s Wagner's Ring and Its Symbols as the primary text. Contact Deborah Lewis at dlewis750@cs.com if interested in joining us. We welcome new members to the class.

OCTOBER 2022

October 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm, The Life and Times of Max Lorenz, The Great Heldentenor of Bayreuth. A documentary on the life of Max Lorenz who was a star at Bayreuth, the Met and Vienna during his life. He performed at Bayreuth throughout the 1930’s and 1940’s. Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. An RSVP is required due to limited seating. dlewis750@cs.com.

NOVEMBER 2022

November 20, 2022 at 5:30 pm, WSC Annual Holiday Party at the Hofbrauhaus. A Tribute to King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Location: Hofbrauhaus in Newport KY. RSVP to dlewis750@cs.com.

DECEMBER 2022

December 18, 2022 at 1:00 pm, Kirsten Flagstad Documentary. Kirsten was known as the outstanding Soprano of her time and “the voice of the century”. We will learn about her career and the times she lived in. Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. Please RSVP at dlewis750@cs.com.

JANUARY, 2023

January 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm, Wagner Part 1 (the movie) by Tony Palmer. Starring Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave and other great actors of the 20th century. Learn about the early years of Wagner’s life and the impact of the 1849 Revolution on his career. Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. Please RSVP at dlewis750@cs.com.

January 4 – March 29, 2023 at 10:00 am, Esoteric Wagner. We will explore the Ring on a deeper level using various texts, a review of the Leitmotifs and Robert Donington’s text, Wagner’s Ring and Its Symbols as the primary text. Contact Deborah Lewis at dlewis750@cs.com if interested in joining. We welcome new members to the class.

FEBRUARY, 2023

February 19, 2023 at 1:00 pm, Wagner Part 2 (the movie) by Tony Palmer. The years of financial and personal struggle while composing his great work is included in Part 2. Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. Please RSVP at dlewis750@cs.com.

MARCH, 2023

March 19, 2023 at 1:00 pm, Wagner Part 3 (the movie) by Tony Palmer. The building of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus and his marriage to Cosima. Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. Please RSVP at dlewis750@cs.com.

APRIL, 2023

April 23, 2023 at 1:00 pm, The Brunnhilde Auditions. Join our Music Authority, Dr. Paul Barte for an afternoon of auditioning all the great Brunnhilde’s past and present. We’ll decide who is the best! Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. Please RSVP at dlewis750@cs.com

SPRING 2023 THE RING PART 3, facilitated by Jim Slouffman at OLLI – UC www.uc.edu/olli.

MAY 2023

May 21, 2023 at 1:00 pm, Jessye Norman – The Seamless Soprano. Learn about the life of the great American Soprano, Jessye Norman. Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. Please RSVP at dlewis750@cs.com.

JUNE, 2023

June 18, 2023 at 1:00 pm, The Great Bass Baritones – Then and Now. An analysis of the greats of the last century. Location: The home theater of WSC President, Deborah Lewis. Please RSVP at dlewis750@cs.com.

Audience members are requested to wear masks inside the concert area.

Please enjoy this third and final WSC Virtual Wagner Concert – “Dich Theure Halle”  from Tannhäuser

Dich Theure Halle sung by Amy Yekel for Wagner Society of Cincinnati- Aug. 2020

Amy Yekel Liebestod 2020 Amy Yekel – Du Bist Der Lenz – August 2020 – For the Wagner Society of Cincinnatti

As the Wagner Society of Cincinnati celebrates its 10th Anniversary we take a look at the past with a great sense of pride and accomplishment for what the years brought forth. While looking back at where we have been we now focus on what opportunities the future will bring. 

Successful events and activities include the following: a stable WSC membership, several musicales featuring Wagner’s music sung by our own WSC Studio Singers , Several musical analyses of individual Music Dramas including Lohengrin, Parsifal and Flying Dutchman, two one act productions of Wagner Music Dramas including Walküre Act I and Siegfried Act I with Queen City Opera, several events in partnership with Music for All Seasons and Cincinnati Song Initiative and visits to Wagner productions at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Indiana University and Dayton Opera.

Members have also participated in Symposiums, lectures, video productions of Wagner’s works and recommended resources presented on our WSC Facebook Page. All in all we have enjoyed a productive and informative past and look forward to an even more exciting future yet to come.

Thank you all for your continued support and enthusiastic interest in a future full of possibilities.

“Imagination creates the future”, Richard Wagner

The WSC is pleased to announce that we will be partnering with QCO on their production of Die Walküre, Act 1 in October of 2019. Come join us for this outstanding new production of the greatest single act in all of Opera!