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RWVI WAGNER NEWS – Nr RWVI WAGNER NEWS – Nr. 2 – 01/2016 – German – English – French Introduction from our Editor, Karl Russwurm, President of The Wagner Society of Munich Dear Wagner Societies world-wide, All beginnings are easy, in the words of a German proverb (Aller Anfang is leicht), however the follow-up to such a project can be somewhat stressful and can easily get out of hand. Notwithstanding, we now have the second RWVI newsletter for you – and in the knowledge that it would be difficult for us to move on to regular news items after the recent shocking events in Paris. We could not act as though nothing had happened, when one of the major civilised nations of Europe was cut to the quick by miscreants, who had lost all sense, all humanity and clearly all standards. Naturally, the whole civilised world is in mourning, but France and Germany in particular have a great deal in common: not only on the political front, as evidenced with the Franco-German reconciliation after World War 2, but also in the field of art. France so frequently produced some of the greatest literary works, while the Germans for so long set the tone in the music world, not least but especially with reference to the works of Richard Wagner, which gathered their greatest fan base among the Germans and the French. Therefore let us respond to the appeals from our friend and newsletter co-editor Christian Ducor, The Chairperson of the Paris Wagner Society Annie Benoit and our colleague Louis Oster from Strasbourg along with many other French colleagues. Paris will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Wagner Society in March this year. One of the highlights of the Strasbourg Congress this year will be the opportunity to see Wagner’s “Das Liebesverbot”. The libretto was written by Wagner based on Shakespeare’s comedy Measure for Measure and it will therefore be highly appropriate for the year of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary. www.cercle-richard-wagner.fr Do come to France in 2016 - now more than ever there is so much on offer and the quality of the events is outstanding. Overview: 1) News from the RWVI 2) News from Bayreuth 3) News from member societies 4) Richard Wagner news in the press and online 5) Opera magazines/Wagner productions in the Cinema and online 6) New books, lectures, CDs, DVDs 7) Perspectives on Wagner productions 8) Travel notes 9) Perspectives on the Websites of Wagner Societies 1) News from the RWVI Andrea Buchanan, member of the new RWVI Website development group, reports as follows: The website team (Tobias Langmeyer - developer, Andrea Buchanan & Matthias Lachenmann - RWVI board members, Simon Empson and Arabella Hellman – website team members) have held several online meetings regarding development, which has resulted in a collaborative and truly international project. The result is we are nearly there. The site looks amazing, is well illustrated with colourful photographs, and is easy to navigate. While the structure is now all in place, we are still working on content, and this will be an ongoing project, even after we go live. This is where we will need your help. Members will be able to upload their own events to the site in due course and this will be done by means of a very simple, easy-to-follow process. We will demonstrate this to members in Strasbourg at the Congress and of course we will ensure that every Board member is able to show the Wagner Societies under their care how to use this functionality. We will continue to upload news items and editorials centrally, and will advise you shortly on the best way to submit these. So look out for an e-mail from our President Horst Eggers announcing the opening of the website for public view. The board will sign off the site at its next meeting on February 5th and you should receive the announcement shortly thereafter. RWVI News A very important year for the RWVI from a strategic perspective has just ended successfully and, with good reason, we can look to the future with confidence. Instead of the resignations that we feared, we were able to welcome the Wagner Societies of Ammersee, Palm Beach and Oostende as new members. Furthermore the Wagner Societies of New York, Washington and Adelaide are re-joining us. For me as President and for the rest of the Board, this positive development has been a motivation and an incentive to continue our successful work in 2016. This year the planned changes for the Bayreuth Festival management will be effected. I am hopeful that I will be able to agree a substantial allocation of Festival tickets with the successor to Dr. Sense for 2017. I am also convinced that we can work to optimise the process of ticket ordering on the basis of our recent experience. We have received thus far from Wagner Societies a total of €4,500 for the book project "A History of the Bayreuth Festival" by Dr. Bauer, for which I would like to thank sincerely all the donors. I was able to agree with the Festival edition of the (Nordbayerischer) Kurier that it will provide detailed information on our association's activities. Thus, inter alia, the wonderful story of the founding of the Wagner Society of RWV Ammersee will be featured. The RWVI Congresses in 2016 in Strasbourg and in Budapest in 2017 have been confirmed, and I will be able to make concrete proposals to the Delegates‘ Assembly in Strasbourg for the years 2018- 2020. The redesigned website of the RWVI will be available very soon and we will also be able to offer to all interested parties at a very reasonable cost, the opportunity to adapt this product for their own local societies. Finally, I should particularly like to thank the newsletter team most sincerely for their exemplary commitment. Anyone who has been involved with publishing such items will know how much effort goes into it, in designing the structure and contents as well as collecting contributions on time. The fact that the extensive 2nd newsletter is appearing as planned is the result of a great deal of effort and creativity on the part of the newsletter team, which I appreciate very much. In the confidence that you will find the new newsletter to be of great interest, I greet you all with our best wishes for a successful year in 2016 By the way: The judgment of the District Court in Bayreuth (26.11.15) which rejected the lawsuit of the Wagner Society of Magdeburg against the RWVI is now effective. Yours, Horst Eggers 2) News from Bayreuth Parsifal Bayreuth 2016 – First thoughts from the director, Uwe Laufenberg: http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/bayreuther-festspiele-2016-laufenberg-will-religioese-seite-des- parsifal-betonen/12764364.html Online Festival ticket sales open to the general public on 31 January. If you don’t have tickets yet, this will be another opportunity to buy some. Festspielkurier des Nordbayerischen Kuriers. http://www.nordbayerischer-kurier.de/bayreuther-festspiele 3) News from member societies Overseas Bangkok The Wagner Society of Bangkok was founded 13 years ago, with the inauguration attended by Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner. The indefatigable President and Artistic Director of Opera Siam, composer and conductor Somtow Sucharitkul has worked tirelessly to put on the Ring in Thailand, overcoming many obstacles en route including ups and downs with the casting of Siegfried (never an easy task) and finding the appropriate funding. Somtow has written a report on the history of the society’s activities and outlined his plans for the future. We recommend that you read this lively and engaging piece. http://rwv-muenchen.de/Report_Bangkok.php Cape Town The Wagner Society of South Africa are proud to announce that Michelle Breedt has accepted the role of Patron of the Wagner Society of South Africa. Members will know Michelle from the many distinguished Wagner roles she has sung in Bayreuth, and internationally. Singapore After taking the momentous decision to proceed with their 2016 production of The Flying Dutchman (Oct 2016), The Richard Wagner Association (Singapore) is auditioning the Singapore leads and chorus members on 24 and 26 Jan respectively. International leads have and are still being casted from past winners / finalists of the International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices and names will be released as soon as contracts are signed. Meanwhile the local press have started to take an interest. See the link below: http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/the-flying-dutchman-opera-sails-into-town Europe Bonn-Siegburg A series of events with films from H.J. Syberberg in cooperation with the University of Bonn-Siegburg http://rwv-bonn-siegburg.de/2016/01/01/winifred-wagner-und-die-geschichte-des-hauses- wahnfried-1914-–-1975-brorf-1975/ http://rwv-bonn-siegburg.de/2016/01/01/ludwig-requiem-fur-einen-jungfraulichen-konig-d-1972/ Karlsruhe Following the acclaimed productions of Tannhäuser in 2012/13, Die Meistersinger in 2014/15 and Parsifal in 2015, the Badische Staatstheater will present the premiere of its new Tristan und Isolde on 27 March 2016 and on 9 July the premiere of Das Rheingold will take place – the beginning of the house’s new Ring. Four production teams who have already produced successful works at the theatre, will take charge of the Ring. You can find out more about Das Rheingold at http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/info/2145/ and about Tristan at http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/info/2143/ Kassel The Kassel opera and concert brochure with current information on events and news articles is available to download from the following link: http://www.wagner-verband- kassel.de/download/OuK_13.pdf Konstanz - Liederabend with Idunnu Münch http://www.rwv-konstanz.de/veranstaltungen-1.html Linz The Wagner Society of Linz plans to confer honorary membership on KS René Kollo on 20.March 2016 on the occasion of a Sunday Foyer event at the Linz Musiktheater.
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