Society meetings, usually held at Friends’ Meeting House Manchester.
"A conversation with Peter Selwyn, Wagner conductor and Professor at the Royal College of Music." Wagner Society Manchester: A Conversation with Peter Selwyn, conductor and Professor, Royal College of Music. 19.oo via Zoom, Monday 15th September 2025 Peter Selwyn will be in conversation with our Chair, John Payne, for our first Zoom meeting in the… Continue reading “A conversation with Peter Selwyn, Wagner conductor and Professor at the Royal College of Music.”
Parsifal - a Talk by Doctor Eric Doughney Please come along to the next Wagner Society Manchester talk at 7pm on Monday April 14 via Zoom We will have a talk by Dr Eric Doughney of Newcastle University on Parsifal. Richard Wagner first read Wolfram von Eschenbach’s thirteenth-century romance, Parzival, in 1845. In 1857, he… Continue reading Parsifal
The Art Surrounding Monsalvat Monday March 10th at 19.00 via Zoom Joshua Borths will be giving a talk via Zoom for the Manchester Wagner Society onThe Art Surrounding Montsalvat. Richard Wagner provocatively changed the course of music, drama, and art throughout the twentieth century, and his work continues to influence artists well into our… Continue reading The Art Surrounding Monsalvat
