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The Wagner Society of Scotland has been promoting and exploring the works of Richard Wagner since 1984. We hold monthly meetings with guest Speakers from October to May and an annual Residential Study Course at Gartmore House Hotel in September and participate in the RWVI Annual Bayreuth Scholarship.

NEXT EVENT

Please note, all events are being delivered online via Zoom free of charge until further notice.

NEXT TALK

14th March 2021
‘Liszt and Wagner: friends, relatives, influences’
Kevin Stephens

Kevin will explore the changing relationship between Liszt and Wagner, from Wagner’s initial fawning approaches to the famous Liszt, through their years of deep friendship, their falling out when Wagner and Cosima got together and their final reconciliation as Bayreuth took shape. Throughout Kevin will look at musical influences passing backwards and forwards between the two.

Kevin Stephen has had a portfolio career in music and opera including stints as a publisher, author, critic, festival director, administrator, consultant, lecturer and tutor on the Rose Bruford opera degree course. He spends time as a pub pianist, a season at Butlins and many appearances live on the stage of the Royal Opera House.

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Upcoming Events

14th March

‘Liszt and Wagner: friends, relatives, influences’
Kevin Stephens

18th April

‘Janne’s Rhine Journey’
Stephen Johnson

16th May 2021

‘Scandal in opera and in life’
Alberto Massimo