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2011 Cosima Party The Wagner Society of Northern California The Wagner Society of Northern California has formally closed registration for the 2011 Cosima Wagner Birthday Thank you for your interest in our event. Sincerely, The 2011...	Sunday December 4, 2011
Ring Symposium #3 - The Love of Power - The Power of Love Jeffrey Buller, Dean, Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University "Roads Scholar: Pilgrimages, Quests and Homecomings in Wagner's Ring" Simon Williams, Professor and Chair, Department of Dramatic Art University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California "Alberich's Curse: The Tragedy of Fear" Christopher Weimer, Professor of Foreign Lanaguage Oklahoma State Univeristy, Stillwater, Oklahoma "From Calderòn's Caveman to Wagner's Wolsungs: Classical Spanish Theater and the Ring" Kip Cranna, Director of Musical Administration San Francisco Opera Cranna will moderate a Musical Round Table with artists and musicians from the San Francisco Ring production Enhance your Ring experience and learn more about Wagner’s masterpiece. Each symposium will explore different facets of Wagner’s Ring with unique talks given by...	Saturday July 2, 2011
Das Ende - Reservations are now closed Das Ende Banquet - Reservations are now closed Join the WSNC for a fantastic banquet immediately following the Cycle 2 performance of Götterdämmerung. This is a festive...	Sunday June 26, 2011
Ring Symposium #2 - The Love of Power - The Power of Love REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY JUNE 22ND - DON'T MISS OUT Hans Rudolph Vaget, Professor Emeritus of German Studies Smith College, Northampton, MA "The Ring" in Bayreuth and Beyond Jeffrey Buller, Dean, Wilkes Honors College Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida "The Eyes Have it: Glances, Glimpses and Glimmers in Wagner's Ring" John Lindow, Professor of Scandinavian Studies University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA "Nordic Myths of Ragnarøk and Wagner's Götterdämmerung" Kip Cranna, Director of Musical Administration San Francisco Opera Cranna will lead a Round Table of artists and musicians from the San Francisco Ring Production Enhance your Ring experience and learn more about Wagner’s masterpiece. Each symposium will explore different facets of Wagner’s Ring with unique talks given by...	Saturday June 25, 2011
2011 Ring Symposium #1 - "The Love of Power, The Power of Love" REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED - THANK YOU Cori Ellison, Dramaturg for the Washington National Opera Francesca Zambello production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Dramaturg for the New York City Opera. Ms. Ellison will conclude her fascinating series of talks about the female protagonists of Der Ring des Nibelungen - "The Women of the Ring - Erda and the Norns" Simon Williams, Professor and Chair of the Department of Dramatic Art, University of California Santa Barbara "Wagner's Ring - An Existentialist Perspective" Hans Rudolph Vaget, Professor Emeritus of German Studies, Smith College "Minne" and "Macht": Cutting to the Quick of of Wagner's Ring Kip Cranna, Director of Musical Administration San Francisco Opera Cranna will moderate a panel discussion with members of the cast and artistic team for Der Ring des Nibelungen Enhance your Ring experience and learn more about Wagner’s masterpiece. Each symposium will explore different facets of Wagner’s Ring with unique talks given by...	Saturday June 18, 2011
2010 Cosima Liszt von Bülow Wagner – Birthday Celebration Musical guest soprano, Megan Cullen. Ms. Cullen will perfom a dazzling program of arias and lieder of Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner. ...	Sunday December 5, 2010