Recent & Upcoming Events
Boston Wagner Institute 2024: FINALE SCENES CONCERT
Join us in celebrating the culmination of the BWI students’ hard work this summer!
This will be an all-Wagner concert featuring each student performing memorized, fully-staged Wagner scenes.
5:30-7:30 PM in Seully Hall at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Repertoire: (not in program order)
Das Rheingold: Vorspiel und Erste Szene, followed by Vierte Szene “Alberich’s Curse”
Der fliegende Holländer: Act II Scene 5, “Bleib Senta”
Die Walküre: Act II Scene 3, “Raste nun hier”
Lohengrin: Act III Scene 2, “Das süsser Lied verhallt”
Tannhäuser: Act II Scene 1, “Dich teure Halle” … “die Freude mein”
Tristan und Isolde: Act I Scenes 3-4, “O Süsse! Traute!” ... “Herr Tristan!”
All scenes staged by our dramatic director, Chuck Hudson. Accompanied on piano by Brett Hodgdon and Bob Mollicone.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and students with ID.
$20 to all others, payable in advance on our website, or at the door.
Join the Boston Wagner Society to take advantage of unlimited free access to all BWI and BWS events!
Carol Krusemark (MGH Voice) Vocal Health Seminar: Presented by BWI
Carol Krusemark is a vocal pathologist/singing voice specialist at the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts General Hospital and adjunct faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She will talk about care of the voice and how to ensure one has a long and healthy singing career. This will be an informative discussion for musicians and music appreciators just as much as vocalists.
The event will be from 2-4 pm at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, room 402.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$10 to all others payable in advance on our website or at the door.
Deborah Burton: “Wagner - hero, demon, or human?” Musicology Lecture Presented by BWI
Deborah Burton, Associate Professor of Music at Boston University, specializes in opera analysis and the history of music theory. In her upcoming lecture, she will highlight and weigh the bold comparisons of Wagner; hero, demon, or human?
The event will be 2-4 pm at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, room 402.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$10 to all others payable in advance on our website or at the door.
MARK DELAVAN MASTERCLASS: Presented by Boston Wagner Institute
International Wagnerian baritone, Mark Delavan will work with the young singers of the Boston Wagner Institute.
The event will be from 5-7 pm in Houston Hall at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$20 to all others, payable in advance on our website, or at the door.
Helen Greenwald: “Wagner on the Art of Singing,” Musicology Lecture Presented by BWI
Helen Greenwald is a musicologist, cellist, and translator. Her scholarly interests center on vocal music of the 18th–20th centuries, and her work has appeared in a myriad of renowned published journals. She is the convenor and editor of the Oxford Handbook of Opera (Oxford University Press, 2014).
In this lecture, Dr. Greenwald will be discussing the complexities of Wagner’s writing for the human voice.
The event will be 2-4 pm at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, room 402.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$10 to all others payable in advance on our website or at the door.
Wagner & Vino: BWI is at Opera on Tap!
In collaboration with The Burren in Somerville and Opera On Tap Boston, BWI shall present music, merriment, & merlot with young dramatic voices and budding Wagnerian singers in your favorite local pub!
This evening is a program of singers involved with Boston Wagner Institute, whether as BWI students, staff, or volunteers of BWS.
Join us with an ale and an aria!
Tickets $15 ahead of time, $20 at the door.
Doors are at 6pm. Showtime is 7pm.
Dinner and drinks are available at all tables.
Boston Wagner Institute 2023: FINALE CONCERT
Join us in celebrating the culmination of the BWI students’ hard work this summer! This will be an all-Wagner concert featuring each student performing memorized, fully-staged Wagner scenes.
Overseen and coached by Jane Eaglen, directed and staged by Danielle Wright, with the orchestral Brett Hodgdon and Robert Mollicone accompanying singers on piano.
The event will be from 4-6pm in Seully Hall at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, who are our gracious hosts for the Institute.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$20 to all others, payable in advance on our website, or at the door.
Boston Wagner Institute will announce more events soon, so join the Boston Wagner Society to take advantage of unlimited free access to all BWI and BWS events!
Helen Greenwald: Wagner In Today’s World, Musicology Lecture Presented by BWI
Helen Greenwald is a musicologist, cellist, and translator. Her scholarly interests center on vocal music of the 18th–20th centuries, and her work has appeared in a myriad of renowned published journals. She is the convenor and editor of the Oxford Handbook of Opera (Oxford University Press, 2014), a volume of fifty essays by an international array of scholars.
Dr. Greenwald will be discussing the complexities of performing Wagner in today’s world. Can we reconcile the man or even separate him from his art?
Greenwald also writes regularly for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera. She was Visiting Professor of Music at the University of Chicago in 2008. She currently is a professor of musicology at New England Conservatory. Her current project is a book on Verdi's Rigoletto for Oxford University Press.
The event will be 2-4pm at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Room 406 (Opera Studio at 8 Fenway). We appreciate them as are our gracious hosts for the Institute.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$10 to all others payable in advance on our website or at the door.
Boston Wagner Institute will announce more events soon, so join the Boston Wagner Society to take advantage of unlimited free access to all BWI and BWS events!
MARK DELAVAN MASTERCLASS: Presented by Boston Wagner Institute
International Wagnerian Mark Delavan will work with the young singers of the Boston Wagner Institute.
The event will be from 2-4pm in Houston Hall at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, who are our gracious hosts for the Institute.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$20 to all others, payable in advance on our website, or at the door.
Boston Wagner Institute will announce more events soon, so join the Boston Wagner Society to take advantage of unlimited free access to all BWI and BWS events!
JANE EAGLEN MASTERCLASS: Presented by Boston Wagner Institute
Internationally-recognized Wagnerian, founder of BWI, and Boston Wagner Society President Jane Eaglen will work with the students of the Boston Wagner Institute in a public masterclass.
The event will be from 2-4pm in Houston Hall at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, who are our gracious hosts for the Institute.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$20 to all others, payable in advance on our website, or at the door.
Boston Wagner Institute will announce more events soon, so join the Boston Wagner Society to take advantage of unlimited free access to all BWI and BWS events!
Carol Krusemark (MGH Voice) Vocal Health Seminar: Presented by BWI
Carole Krusemark is a vocal pathologist/singing voice specialist at the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts General Hospital and adjunct faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She will talk about care of the voice and how to ensure one has a long and healthy singing career. This will be an informative discussion for musicians and music appreciators just as much as vocalists.
Current clinical focus includes rehabilitation of the speaking and singing voice and the impact of trauma on the professional and emerging vocalist. She has worked in a variety of settings, including hospitals, out-patient clinics, schools, and military treatment facilities, with clients across the lifespan. As a vocalist and former singing voice teacher, she brings her understanding of voice terminology and technique to her work with vocalists, while her medical speech pathology background informs her understanding of vocal function.
The event will be from 2-4pm in Houston Hall at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, who are our gracious hosts for the Institute.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$10 to all others payable in advance on our website or at the door.
Boston Wagner Institute will announce more events soon, so join the Boston Wagner Society to take advantage of unlimited free access to all BWI and BWS events!
BEN HEPPNER MASTERCLASS: Presented by Boston Wagner Institute
Internationally-recognized Wagnerian Ben Heppner will work with the young singers of the Boston Wagner Institute.
The event will be from 2-4pm in Houston Hall at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, who are our gracious hosts for the Institute.
FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and Students with valid ID.
$20 to all others, payable in advance on our website, or at the door.
Boston Wagner Institute will announce more events soon, so join the Boston Wagner Society to take advantage of unlimited free access to all BWI and BWS events!
Wagner & Vino: BWI is at Opera on Tap!
In collaboration with Boston Opera On Tap, BWS and BWI shall present music, merriment, & merlot with young dramatic voices and budding Wagnerian singers from around the world in your favorite local pub! This evening is a program of singers involved with Boston Wagner Institute, whether as BWI students, staff, or volunteers of BWS.
Join us with an ale and an aria!
$12 in advance. $16 at the door.
Enter the code Valhalla for $10 tickets!
Doors are at 5:30pm. Showtime is 6pm.
Dinner and drinks are available at all tables.
(NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES)
Boston Wagner Institute: Summer 2022 Workshop
Join us as we hear our President Jane Eaglen coach young dramatic singers on Wagnerian scenes.
This workshop will be streamed LIVE and available for in-person guests via RSVP ONLY. REGISTER HERE!
Registration deadline: June 16
NEC’s COVID security and safety protocols require registration of all guests for this event, with proof of vaccination by JUNE 15. No day-of entry, unless with valid NEC student, faculty, or alumni ID.
This event is free, we just kindly ask for donations for future educational programming for young Wagnerians!
For more info on BWI programming or audition information for future programs, email bwi@bostonwagnersociety.org for updates.