Wagner Society in NSW

Wagner Society in NSW Interested in becoming a member of the Society? Well, there are lots of benefits.

Our members are lovers of the music and operas of Richard Wagner and also support Wagnerian productions in Australia and emerging Wagnerian performers from NSW. The Wagner Society NSW page is a place to follow a group of fellow Wagnerians, the Society's activities and Wagner performers and performances worldwide. As a member, you can:

- attend a variety of events each year, including tal

ks, zoom talks, seminars, concerts and films, with outstanding presenters and exciting performers, and with afternoon tea following each in-person event;

- attend a champagne celebration of Wagner’s birthday and a Christmas Party;

- meet and get to know like-minded Wagnerians;

- enjoy the fellowship of our extended network of music/theatre lovers when attending performances in Australia and overseas;

- receive four issues of the Wagner Quarterly per year as well as regular e-news;

- access the Society’s website with its photo gallery, views and reviews about Australian and international Wagner productions, all previous Quarterlies, all previous events, and much more;

- have the opportunity to access tickets for the annual Bayreuth Festival; and

- know that you are helping to support young Wagnerian or potential Wagnerian performers from NSW as well as productions of Wagner in Australia.

Congratulations!
15/06/2026

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Maestro Anthony Negus who has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2026 King’s Birthday honours in service to Opera, particularly Mozart, Wagner and Young Artists.

We are thrilled to announce that Maestro Negus will be returning to Australia in February 2027 to conduct our upcoming production of Parsifal.

11/06/2026
04/06/2026

At 2pm on 21 June 2026 - following Part 2 of Tony Palmer’s "Wagner" at 12.00 noon - Dr Chris Sorrell will give a presentation on Wagner on Edison Cylinder.

Chris will bring two Edison cylinder players and a number of Edison 4-minute celluloid cylinders featuring acoustic recordings of Wagner’s music. He'll outline the history of recorded sound, including a broad history of cylinder and disk recordings of Wagner’s music. Then he'll play some of the cylinders on both instruments in order to highlight their significantly different sound qualities. This should be fascinating.

When? 2.00pm on Sunday 21 June 2026

Where? Goethe Institut, 90 Ocean Street (cnr Jersey Road), Woollahra NSW

Cost? $35 members, $45 non-members, $15 full-time students

Buy online tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/wagner-on-edison-cylinder

Or pay at the door.

All welcome!

Our next in-person event on 21 June 2026 - following Part 2 of Tony Palmer’s "Wagner" at 12.00 noon - will be a presenta...
29/05/2026

Our next in-person event on 21 June 2026 - following Part 2 of Tony Palmer’s "Wagner" at 12.00 noon - will be a presentation by Dr Chris Sorrell about Wagner on Edison Cylinder.

Chris will bring two Edison cylinder players and a number of Edison 4-minute celluloid cylinders featuring acoustic recordings of Wagner’s music. He'll outline of the history of recorded sound, including a broad history of cylinder and disk recordings of Wagner’s music. Then he'll play some of the cylinders on both instruments in order to highlight their significantly different sound qualities. This should be fascinating.

When? 2.00pm on Sunday 21 June 2026

Where? Goethe Institut, 90 Ocean Street (cnr Jersey Road), Woollahra NSW

Cost? $35 members, $45 non-members, $15 full-time students

Buy online tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/wagner-on-edison-cylinder

Or pay at the door.

All welcome!

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26/05/2026

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Here is our formidable volunteer corps with Sky Cinemas Midtown Manager Gabe Pollak (far right) getting ready to welcome "3/4 Ring Festival" audience this morning in Santa Fe. We had lots of fun watching "Das Rheingold" produced by the Atlanta Opera.

Our upcoming Wednesday zoom will be a talk by Dr Thomas Launius about "Parsifal": How Wagner developed his own mythic st...
25/05/2026

Our upcoming Wednesday zoom will be a talk by Dr Thomas Launius about "Parsifal": How Wagner developed his own mythic storyline.

When? At 7.00pm [AEST] on Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Later we will forward a link to the talk to all those who registered, so even if you were unable to participate in the LIVE talk, you will be able to view it at your convenience.

Cost? $12 AUD

How to register and receive the zoom link? https://events.humanitix.com/parsifal-how-wagner-developed-his-own-mythic-storyline-a-talk-with-dr-thomas-launius

All welcome!

In his last opera, Wagner created not simply an opera but a new myth — one that has ever since provoked rich and sometimes paradoxical interpretations. In this second session, we follow Wagner’s radical plot decisions step by step — what he cut, what he kept, what he inserted from other sources, and what he created from nothing — and ask what those decisions reveal about the dramatic and philosophical world he was deliberately constructing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD WAGNER! THANKS FOR THE MUSIC!
22/05/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD WAGNER! THANKS FOR THE MUSIC!

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Sydney, NSW

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