Wagner in Vermont 2022

Festival Schedule

Monday August 22

  • 7PM DAS RHEINGOLD - Performed in a single act

Tuesday August 23

11AM LECTURE - ‘Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, and the search for the German string sound’ by Jakub Omsky, Cellist.

Examining Wagner’s string / cello sounds, and his searching for a national identity through incorporating Bach and Lutheran chorale, cantatas, new phrasing and brass tones. Examples performed will include excerpts of Bach’s Suites for Cello, Weber and other Romantic composers.

  • 1PM MIDDAY CONCERT

‘O mio Fernando’ from Donizetti’s La Favorite - Madison Marie Mcintosh

‘My Man’s Gone Now’ from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess - Sherami Harris

‘Va! Laisse couler mes larmes’ from Massenet’s Werther - Sherami Harris

‘Stride la vampa’ from Verdi’s Il trovatore - Brittany Walker

‘Liebst du um Schönheit’ from Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder - Janice Edwards

‘Glückwunsch’ by Korngold - Janice Edwards

Accompanist: Vladimir Odinokikh

  • 4PM DIE WALKÜRE - Performed in 3 acts with a dinner interval approximately 5:15-6:35, and a dessert interval 8:10-8:45

Wednesday August 24

  • 11AM PRESENTATION - ‘Wagner's Other Songs’ by Janice Edwards

    An exploration of Wagner's Lieder in German and French.

  • 1PM MIDDAY CONCERT

‘Höre mit Sinn’ from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung - Madison Marie Mcintosh

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen by Mahler - Kirk Eichelberger

Todesverkündigung from Wagner’s Die Walküre - Whitney Myers and Joel Edwards

Accompanist: Hugh Keelan

  • 6PM DIE WALKÜRE COVER CONCERT - ‘The Ride of the Valkyries’: Act 3 Scene 1 and 2

Wotan: Charles Martin; Brünnhilde: Whitney Myers; Sieglinde: Nellie Rustick

Helmwige: Emily Baker; Gerhilde: Rachel Davies; Ortlinde: Jennifer Carter; Waltraute: Mary Brown Bonacci

Rossweisse: Madison Marie Mcintosh; Siegrune: Alexandra Woodruff; Grimgerde: Brittany Walker; Schwertleite: Ema Mitrović

  • 7:30PM VALKYRIE FLASHMOB

    Our Valkyries took to the streets and called out their famous war cry outside the Brattleboro Museum and Arts Centre, as we recruited new Valkyries, new audience members, and new Wagner lovers - Ho jo to ho!

Thursday August 25

  • 1PM MIDDAY CONCERT

    ‘Es gibt ein Reich’ from Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos - Rachel Davies

            Act 1 Scene 3 of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung - Waltraute: Wendy Silvester; Brünnhilde: Jenna Rae

    Proses lyriques by Debussy - Stanley Wilson

    Accompanied by Hugh Keelan

  • 3PM LECTURE RECITAL - The Wesendonck Lieder by Dr. Whitney Myers

    The history and conception of the Wesendonck Lieder, and Wagner’s relationship with Mathilde Wesendonck, including performed excerpts from the Lieder and from Tristan und Isolde. Accompanied by Hugh Keelan.

Friday August 26

  • 10AM LECTURE ‘Our gods / our selves: myth, morality, and spectacle in the ‘Ring’s divine comedy’ by Dr. Sophia Howlett

  • 11AM LECTURE ‘“As long as you live, nothing will force you” : Tragedies of Freedom and Responsibility in Das Rheingold und Die Walküre’ by Dr. Benjamin Korstvedt

  • 1PM MIDDAY CONCERT

    ‘Dich, teure Halle’ from Wagner’s Tannhäuser - Alexandra Lang

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    Bass Trumpet Performance by Kristoffer Danielsen
    Telemann: Bassoon Sonata TWV 41; 1st mvt

    Wagner: Two Album Leaves (arr. Ralph Sauer)

    Guy Ropartz: Andante et Allegro

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    A selection of songs by Berg - Alexandra Lang

    ‘Re dell'abisso, affrettati' from Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera - Ema Mitrović

    Accompanist: Vladimir Odinokikh

  • 3PM SYMPOSIUM - A young company begins to interpret Wagner's 'Ring': a Symposium to explore TUNDI's challenges, assumptions and commitments.

This symposium will be interactive with questions and answers form the audience. Panel to include Dr. Korstvedt, Sondra Kelly, Kirk Eichelberger, Hugh Keelan, and Jenna Rae. Moderated by Dr Sophia Howlett

  • 7PM DAS RHEINGOLD - performed in a single act

Saturday August 27

  • 10AM LECTURE - ‘Wagner and Marriage, Faeries and Failures’ by Charles Martin

What does Wagner bring to marriage beyond an appropriated march? Presentation and open discussion on what Wagner brings to marriage in 2022.

  • 1PM Midday Concert

  • ‘Weiche, Wotan! Weiche’ from Wagner’s Das Rheingold - Ema Mitrović

    ‘O Sachs! Mein Freund!’ from Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Jennifer Carter

           ‘Leb’ Wohl’ from Wagner’s Die Walküre - Charles Martin

    Accompanist: Vladimir Odinokikh

  • 4PM DIE WALKÜRE - Performed in 3 acts with a dinner interval approximately 5:15-6:35, and a dessert interval 8:10-8:45

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