Völsungasaga í máli og myndum – Frestað til 8.maí

Richard Wagner félagið á Íslandi

Ágætu félagar.

Við höfum ákveðið að fresta fyrirlestri Aðalheiðar Guðmundsdóttur um Völsungasögu í máli og mynd, sem halda átti 24. apríl til 8. maí.

Vonandi getum við haldið hann þá við betri aðstæður, kl 14 í Safnaðarheimili Dómkirkjunnar.

Hér fyrir neðan eru upplýsingar frá Wagnerfélaginu í London um Wagneróperur í boði frá erlendum óperuhúsum. Parsifal (glænýr frá Vín með Jónasi Kaufmann), Lohengrin og Loriot Hringurinn á einu kvöldi.

Styrkþeginn okkar fyrrverandi, Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir, verður með tónleika 7. maí ásamt Bjarna Frímanni í Hörpu. Á sama tíma verða Kristinn Sigmundsson og Stuart Skelton með tónleika í Salnum. Herdís mun einnig syngja í 4. sinfóníu Mahlers, og verða þeir tónleikar 29. apríl.

Með baráttukveðjum!

F.h. stjórnar
Selma Guðmundsdóttir
Formaður RW félagsins

Dear Members,

As we start to slowly come out of lockdown, we still have a weekend full of Wagner streams you all to enjoy.

Parsifal
(new production recorded 11 April 2021)
Vienna State Opera
Sunday 18 April 12pm (available for three months)
Conductor Philippe Jordan
Director Kirill Serebrennikov, Evgeny Kulagin

Cast:
Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal)
Elina Garanča (Kundry)
Ludovic Tézier (Amfortas)

Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz)

Wolfgang Koch (Klingsor)

Stefan Cerny (Titurel)
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/102879-000-A/richard-wagner-parsifal/

Lohengrin
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
Tuesday 20 April 1230am and available for 23 hours until 1130pm
Conductor James Levine
Director August Everding

Cast includes Eva Marton, Leonie Rysanek, Peter Hofmann, Leif Roar, and John Macurdy
From January 10, 1986
https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357011461

The Ring in one Evening by Loriot
Leipzig Opera
Saturday 17 April 5pm
https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/der-ring-an-einem-abend-gestreamt/101990

Two upcoming online events you might like to join from our friends at the Boston Wagner Society

Saturday, April 17, 2021, 8pm UK time
The Labyrinth of Time: The Norn Scene in Götterdämmerung by Jeffrey Swann

Jeffrey Swann will analyze this fascinating scene from the standpoint of Wagner’s evocation of past, present, and future times. The discussion will be followed by a performance of the entire scene in Swann’s own piano transcription. Jeffrey Swann has performed all over the world with numerous major conductors. He has also lectured at the Bayreuth Festival and the Wagner Society of New York, among other societies.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-labyrinth-of-time-the-norn-scene-in-gotterdammerung-tickets-145910106055

Sunday, April 25, 2021, 7pm UK time

Special Online Concert with renowned Heldentenor Stefan Vinke, Soprano Sabine Vinke, and Pianist/Conductor Rainer Armbrust
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-from-the-flying-dutchman-lohengrin-and-siegfried-tickets-149784402179