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REGISTERED CHARITY 266383

FOUNDED 1953

President: Dame Gwyneth Jones DBE, Kammersängerin

Vice President: Sir John Tomlinson CBE

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Bayreuth Festival and related

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Lectures in English given by the New York Wagner Society

The

WAGNER SOCIETY

of New York

BAYREUTH LECTURES—2011

IN ENGLISH

JOHN J. H. MULLER, Lecturer

August 24	*Die Meistersinger*
August 25	*Tannhäuser*
August 26	*Lohengrin*
August 27	*Parsifal*
August 28	*Tristan und Isolde*

Time: 10:30–Noon

Place: Arvena Kongress Hotel

Eduard Bayerlein-Strasse 5A, Bayreuth

Cost: €12 per lecture

Lectures include musical examples. A brief question-and-answer period concludes each session. Advance reading of the text is encouraged.

John J. H. Muller, who presented the 2010 Bayreuth lecture series, has been a member of The Juilliard School music history faculty for 30 years and is a past department chairman. He teaches a wide range of courses, specializing in the 19^th century and vocal music. In addition to his undergraduate and graduate classes, he has offered many courses for laymen through the Juilliard Evening Division. Prof. Muller has lectured for many organizations, especially the Metropolitan Opera Guild, where he presented talks during the Kirov Ring and the Metropolitan Opera’s Ring cycles. His essay on Parsifal appeared in the recently published book, Wagner Outside the Ring.

The Society has presented this lecture series annually since 1985. It is grateful for the kind assistance of the Gesellschaft der Freunde von Bayreuth, and it contributes annually to the Gesellschaft.

Wagner Society of New York

P.O. Box 230949, Ansonia Station

New York, NY 10023–0949, U.S.A.

Phone: 212/749–4561 Fax: 212/749–1542

Email: wagnerring@aol.com www.wagnersocietyny.org

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General Advice on applying for tickets

A soon as possible, write to the Festival Box Office to request an order form. The address is:

Bayreuther Festspiele
Kartenbüro
Postfach 100262
D-95402 Bayreuth
Germany

In September, you will receive your order form. The forms must be received by the box office by about 15 October; the precise date will be shown on the application form. Orders received late will not be considered by the box office.
Please remember that allocations do not necessarily follow what you request, except that the box office does not generally go up in price much from what you request. If you request less expensive seats, you severely restrict your chances of obtaining tickets. If you request the most expensive seats, you stand a better chance of obtaining something in the theatre.
Sign and date the order form and mail in. Do not mail payment with the order.

Allocation notices are mailed out beginning in December up to about the middle of February. By the end of February, everyone who did not receive an allocation is sent a short note to that effect.

Once your name is on the Bayreuth mailing list, you will continue to receive order forms as long as you continue to apply each year for tickets. The cut-off is after three years.

Don't get discouraged. The normal waiting time is 5-7 years between allocations, so just be patient, and remember to keep applying every year to keep your file active.

Source: Wagner Society of Toronto

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