Archived Newsletters

The Society currently publishes four newsletters per year. Members receive these electronically via email. The current year's newsletters are available online. For prior years' newsletters please click on one of the links to the left.

IMPORTANT NOTE: copies of prior years' newsletters are no longer available online. If you would like a copy of a particular newsletter please click on the date you require to email us with your request.

2025 NEWSLETTERS

October 2025 (Vol 16 No. 9)  
- Something to Look Forward to – NZSO ‘Wagner Gala’ in 2026
- Abhinath Berry Recital – Video Link
- Wagner Murmurs
- WSNZ – 2025 Programme October to December
- New members
- Longborough Festival Opera – 2026 Programme
- Marbecks in Auckland Moving Fully Online
- Wagner in Shanghai
- A Final Look Back at the Remainder of the 2025 Bayreuth Festival

August 2025 (Vol 16 No. 8)  
- The ‘Three B’s’ of Winter – Barrie, Berry and Bayreuth!
- For Sale: LaserDisc Players and Discs
- Wagner Murmurs
- WSNZ – 2025 Programme August to December
- New members
- Die Meistersinger – Contrasting Performances in Bayreuth and Auckland
- Barrie Kosky’s ROH Production of Die Walküre at Lighthouse Cuba
- Fine New Tristan on Blu-Ray

May 2025 (Vol 16 No. 7)  
- Reminder of Wagner Society AGM — Sunday 18 May
- Wagner Society of New Zealand Constitution to be Updated
- Wagner Murmurs
- WSNZ – 2025 Programme May to December
- Tristan and Isolde Legend – an Unusual Twist?
- President’s Report 2024/25
- Posthumously Published Book by Stephen Gould
- Simon O’Neill – Behind the Scenes and Off the Cuff
- In Memoriam - Peter Seiffert

February 2025 (Vol 16 No. 6)  
- Another Aussie Triumph – Melbourne’s New Meistersinger
- 2025 Programmes
- Wagner Murmurs
- New Members
- In Memoriam - Bill Gates
- Bayreuth memorabilia
- A Rare 1965 PhD thesis on Wagner, Recently Unearthed at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Other Wagnerian News, ‘from Bayreuth to the World’

   

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