The International Association of Wagner Societies
Richard Wagner Society of Munich
In 2021, the Richard Wagner Society of Munich celebrates its 150th anniversary. The events planned in this context are embedded in the International Richard Wagner Congress 2021, which will take place 14th – 17th of October, 2021.
Regular registration deadline has expired - please contact the office of the Richard Wagner Society of Munich
If you have any questions about the organization of the congress, hotel bookings, travel planning etc., please contact claudia.schrunner@movea.de. For all the other questions please contact info@rwv-muenchen.de.
It does not matter whether you came or come to Munich because of your profession or whether you love culture or sightseeing. What matters for people in this city is the mixture of living traditions and modernity. The former Federal President Roman Herzog, born in the North of Baveria, 1998 used the expression "a happy symbiosis between laptop and leatherpants" to characterise the significant change of Bavaria from an agricultural region to a place for hightech-industry. Living Bavarian history is one side of Munich. The other side are cultural events of international reputation. Both contribute essentially to the high quality of life in this city.
One must not forget in this context the many young artists here, who set deliberately counterpoints and refer to problems in our society, something that also the revolutionary young Wagner did. He too wanted to hold up a mirror to the society of his time and reveal its weaknesses. You are invited to choose in accordance with your personal taste among the high- lights of the cultural menu from our Program of the International Richard Wagner-Congress. Please put together your preferences in the days before and after the congress. The cultural offers here in Munich are manifold.
We promise: The table is richly laid and there will be something for everybody.
To call Munich "Wagner-City" is not a fancy, but historically true: There is no other city where so many premiers of Richards Wagner’s works took place. All in all five:
1865 „Tristan und Isolde“
1868 „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“
1869 „Das Rheingold“
1870 „Die Walküre“
1888 „Die Feen“
For six years "Tristan und Isolde" was considered to be unperformable. Then the opera was staged under the protection of King Ludwig II and with Hans von Bülow as conductor after surmounting huge problems. The first performance of "Die Meistersinger" was presumably the greatest artistic success Wagner had in his life. He was allowed by King Ludwig II to receive the applause of the audience in the big lodge of the court theatre, which was normally reserved for the king alone. However, the premiers of "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" led to the deepest ill feelings between Ludwig II and Wagner. Wagner spoke about an execution of his "Ring des Nibelungen" and Ludwig II grumbled about the theatre-pack. The annoyance because of this was the reason for Wagner’s decision to build his festival theatre in the countryside. The idea of the Festspiele in Bayreuth was born. Because of Bayreuth‘s success Munich decided 1901 to inaugurate its own festival in the newly built Prinzregententheater. The Munich Opera-Festival has to be seen in this tradition. When Felix Mottl, 1888, launched "Die Feen" in a splendid staging the audience did not applaud at all – so at least it is reported. This early opera was not accepted into the canon of Wagner’s works and therefore the applause was denied.
Wednesday, 13.10.2021 | ||
10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Chiemsee with Herreninsel Departure Marstallplatz |
Tour of the castle Herrenchiemsee (without Fraueninsel) Following traces of the fairy-tale-king Ludwig II |
Thursday, 14.10.2021 | ||
10:00 a.m. | Congress participants registration | Congress office at the Künstlerhaus at Lenbachplatz |
12:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Bus tour of the city, Nymphenburg Palace inclusive (no inside tour) Departure Marstallplatz |
Get an overview of Munich, the Bavarian capital, on a tour to the most important historic and modern sights |
3:00 p.m. | Künstlerhaus at Lenbachplatz | Dr. Frank Piontek Poetry Reading Session |
4:30 p.m.* and 6:00 p.m.* |
Opening of the congress together with a lustrous musical sonority of Wagner melodies on the queen of all instruments Bürgersaalkirche München entrance Neuhauserstraße (pedestrian zone) |
Welcome speeches Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor and concert organist, plays transcriptions for organ of spectacular works by Richard Wagner |
7:30 p.m. | Bavarian welcome dinner | Hofbräukeller at Wienerplatz |
Friday, 15.10.2021 | ||
08:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. | Daytrip monastery Ettal and Oberammergau, Passionstheater inclusive | Guided tour through the Ettal monastery, basilica inclusive. Lunch will be in Oberammergau. You will see the Passionstheater, and there will be sufficient time to admire the religious wood carvings, called "Herrgottsschnitzereien" and the wall paintings, called "Lüftlmalereien" before we drive back to Munich. |
09:30 a.m. | General assembly of the representatives of the Richard Wagner Associations (assembly of delegates) | Künstlerhaus at Lenbachplatz concert hall, 1st floor |
10:00 a.m. ca. 90 min |
Tour through the ceremonial rooms in the Royal Residence in Munich | Domicile and residence of the Bavarian dukes, electoral princes and kings (1508 to 1918). Rooms and art collections from the epochs: Renaissance, Early Baroque and Rococo up to Classicism. |
1:30 p.m. | Lectures: Richard Wagner and King Ludwig II Künstlerhaus at Lenbachplatz, concert hall, 1st floor in German with simultaneous translation (French) |
Dr. Frank Piontek, Bayreuth "Projects, Letters and Poems - selected documents concerning Wagner and Ludwig II." Dr. Verena Naegele, Rombach Swiss "Ludwig II and his Political Whisperer – to the bitter End" Dr. Dirk Heisserer, Munich "The Wonders of Poetry: Richard Wagner, King Ludwig II and a fatal lecture by Thomas Mann." |
7:00 p.m. | Short commemoration with wind instruments at Richard Wagner monument | Richard Wagner monument close to Prinzregententheater |
8:00 p.m. | Big Festival-concert at Prinzregententheater | ATTACCA youth-orchestra of the Bavarian State Orchestra Conductor: Allan Bergius Works by Richard Wagner |
Saturday, 16.10.2021 | ||
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Concert Allerheiligen-Hofkirche |
Concert Studentisches Kammerensemble
with works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauß conductor Prof. Felix Mayer |
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | "Art and culture in Munich" (without interior inspections) |
Walking tour in the city: tracking famous architects, writers and composers |
12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Half-day excursion to the Starnberg Lake Departure Marstallplatz |
Following traces of Ludwig II, Richard Wagner and Thomas Mann, among others |
3:00 p.m. | Exhibition Künstlerhaus at Lenbachplatz |
Dr. Martha Schad Letters Reading Session |
7:30 p.m. | Premiere "Das Liebesverbot" by Richard Wagner Sugar Mountain (Dresscode: Casual) |
Production and musical editing by the OPERA INCOGNITA company (for a small orchestra) with young artists on behalf of the RWV München e.V. |
Sunday, 17.10.2021 | ||
11:00 a.m. | Big Festival-Concert Künstlerhaus at Lenbachplatz concert hall 1st floor |
Symphonic Ensemble Munich under the direction of Prof. Felix Mayer with works by several composers (including Richard Wagner) |
1:30 p.m. | Farewell lunch | At the traditional restaurant "Zum Franziskaner" |
6:00 p.m. | "Das Liebesverbot" by Richard Wagner Sugar Mountain (Dresscode: Casual) |
Production and musical editing by the OPERA INCOGNITA company (for a small orchestra) with young artists on behalf of the RWV München e.V. |
10.10.2021 - 17.10.2021 | ||
Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz Clubetage |
Exhibition with paintings of Herbert Rauh Wagner in Munich 1864/1865 |
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Blomhert-Watjen Fonds Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Dres. Gerda & Stefan Frauendorfer
Hannes F. Hofer
Dr. Viktoria Moench
Rainer & Burghilde Neumann
Gisela Roer
Dres. Angela & Hermann Sommer
Numerous members of the Richard Wagner Society Munich
Rainer Fineske
President
www.richard-wagner.org/rwvi/en/
Karl Rußwurm
President
E-Mail: karl.russwurm@gmx.de
www.rwv-muenchen.de
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81675 München
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E-Mail: claudia.schrunner@movea.de
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Künstlerhaus at Lenbachplatz
14th and 15th Oct.: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
16th Oct.: 09:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
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