Celebrating 43 years as a society!
© 2025 Wagner Society of Southern California
Events
The WSSC plans unique events
throughout the calender year…
Our events occur in several regular places throughout the year and sometimes in special locations which will be noted:NOTE: ZOOM Events are for WSSC
members and guests who purchased
a $10,00 entry fee.
The Colburn School 200 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 Directions Parking The Chairman’s Home: 1630 South Barranca Ave.. #167 Glendora, CA 91740 Directions Bayreuth Festival Festspielhügel 1-2 85445 Bayreuth
GALA DINNER 2025
THE WAGNER SOCIETIES OF THE WORLD & THE GESELLSCHAFT DER FREUNDE VON BAYREUTH Das Rheingold Gala 2025 Friday, August 15th after the performance at the New Festival Restaurant. For pricing and information, click the button below…
FAITH AND MIRACLES IN THE
OPERAS OF WAGNER
Lecture with Desiree Mays
Aired Sun., June 29th 2025
From a ring of power, a transformational tarnhelm, magic potions and flower maidens, to prayers to Teutonic gods and goddesses, priestlike knights of the grail, an exposé of the holy Eucharist, and more, the operas of Wagner are filled with faith and miracles. Why? Is there more to this than just theatrical narrative? Desiree Mays, a truly seasoned writer and lecturer on opera in vast arenas for decades, is also a well-versed Wagnerian. She has a clear understanding of Wagner’s texts and provides simulating thoughts about his works and beyond.
KLAUS FLORIAN VOGT RECITAL
“One of the premier Wagner tenors
of our time.”
Sat., Nov. 29th 2025, @ 1PM PST
In person at the Colburn School
Klaus Florian Vogt is one of the finest Wagner tenors of our time. His repertoire covers mostly dramatic roles such as Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tannhäuser, Stolzing, Siegmund and Siegfried but also Florestan („Fidelio“), Paul („Die tote Stadt“) and Hoffmann („Les Contes d’Hoffmann“). It extends furthermore to lyric- dramatic roles such as Erik („Der fliegende Holländer“), and much more… He’s a much sought after guest at all major opera houses from the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals to Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, London, Barcelona, Vienna, Madrid, Milan, Toulouse, Helsinki, New York and Tokyo. Born in Holstein, in the North of Germany, Klaus Florian Vogt studied horn and played for several years with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg. Later he studied at the Conservatory in Lübeck and gave up his position as a horn player in the orchestra to become a tenor. He made his debut in Flensburg and then became a member of the company at the Opera in Dresden. Since 2003 he has been a freelance artist.
Celebrating 41 years as a society!
© 2025 Wagner Society of Southern
California
Events
The WSSC plans unique events
throughout the calender year…
Our events occur in several regular places throughout the year and sometimes in special locations which will be noted:NOTE: ZOOM Events are for WSSC
members and guests who purchased a
$10,00 entry fee.
The Colburn School 200 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 Directions Parking The Chairman’s Home: 1630 South Barranca Ave.. #167 Glendora, CA 91740 Directions Bayreuth Festival Festspielhügel 1-2 85445 Bayreuth
GALA DINNER 2025
THE WAGNER SOCIETIES OF THE WORLD & THE GESELLSCHAFT DER FREUNDE VON BAYREUTH Das Rheingold Gala 2025 Friday, August 15th after the performance at the New Festival Restaurant. For pricing and information, click the button below…
FAITH AND MIRACLES IN THE OPERAS
OF WAGNER
Lecture with Desiree Mays
Aired Sun., June 29th 2025
From a ring of power, a transformational tarnhelm, magic potions and flower maidens, to prayers to Teutonic gods and goddesses, priestlike knights of the grail, an exposé of the holy Eucharist, and more, the operas of Wagner are filled with faith and miracles. Why? Is there more to this than just theatrical narrative? Desiree Mays, a truly seasoned writer and lecturer on opera in vast arenas for decades, is also a well- versed Wagnerian. She has a clear understanding of Wagner’s texts and provides simulating thoughts about his works and beyond.
KLAUS FLORIAN VOGT RECITAL
“One of the premier Wagner tenors of
our time.”
Sat., Nov. 29th 2025, @ 1PM PST
In person at the Colburn School
Klaus Florian Vogt is one of the finest Wagner tenors of our time. His repertoire covers mostly dramatic roles such as Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tannhäuser, Stolzing, Siegmund and Siegfried but also Florestan („Fidelio“), Paul („Die tote Stadt“) and Hoffmann („Les Contes d’Hoffmann“). It extends furthermore to lyric-dramatic roles such as Erik („Der fliegende Holländer“), and much more… He’s a much sought after guest at all major opera houses from the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals to Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, London, Barcelona, Vienna, Madrid, Milan, Toulouse, Helsinki, New York and Tokyo. Born in Holstein, in the North of Germany, Klaus Florian Vogt studied horn and played for several years with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg. Later he studied at the Conservatory in Lübeck and gave up his position as a horn player in the orchestra to become a tenor. He made his debut in Flensburg and then became a member of the company at the Opera in Dresden. Since 2003 he has been a freelance artist.
