Past Production Casts & Info

Gods, Myths, and Some Marvelous Legends

3/12/2023

A (somewhat lighthearted) introduction to Wagner

On Sunday March 12th, BWG and the Lebanon Opera House joined forces to bring you a light and fun overview of this most influential (yet divisive) composer.

With special thanks to John and Jill Schiffman for their generous support, making this performance possible.

Verdi vs Wagner: The Ultimate Opera Brawl

3/10/2023

On Friday March 10th at 7pm, BWG and St Kieran Center for the Arts presented an evening like no other in Berlin, NH. A match-up between these two giants of the opera stage, battling it out (musically) quarter note by crotchet, mythic gods by doomed lovers. Who will win out?

Intro to Wagner (Wagner 101) - July 2022

8/7/2022

A (somewhat lighthearted) introduction to Wagner was received glowingly at St Kieran Center for the Arts
on July 30th in Berlin, NH.

featuring:
Benjamin Bloomfield
Meredith Bloomfield
Peter Furlong
Kathrine Lundahl Southworth - Pianist

Wagner's Ring in One Evening - July 2022

7/27/2022

Berlin Wagner Group IS BACK!
On July 23rd, 2022, Berlin Wagner Group came roaring back by presenting its inaugural US concert, Wagner's Ring in One Evening. We aimed to give our audiences a taste of the exuberance and thrill of Wagner's masterpiece on gods, heroes, and mythical love...all in one unforgettably epic evening. And we succeeded!

A splendid time was had by all.

Cast:
Benjamin Bloomfield - Wotan/Wanderer, Alberich, Hagen
Meredith Bloomfield - Helmwige, 3rd Norn, Brünnhilde
Janice Edwards - Schwertleite, Erda
Peter Furlong - Siegmund, Siegfried
Alexandra Lang - Woglinde, Gerhilde, Sieglinde, 2nd Norn
Jennie O’Brien - Narrator
Joanna Porakova - Waltraute, 1st Norn
Jenny Ribeiro - Wellgunde, Ortlinde, Waldvogel
Rachel Selan - Flosshilde, Siegrune, Fricka
With Music Staff:
Jeffrey Brody - Music Director, Arranger, Pianist
Kathrine Lundahl Southworth - Pianist
And Production Staff:
Barbara Furlong - Supertitle Projection
Liam O’Brien - Lighting
Tricia Stevens - Production Manager
Volunteers:
Kathi and David Almond
Lynn and Bob Beach
John Furlong
James Henderson
Joan Lamson
Housing provided by
Pansy and Peter Bloomfield
With Special Thanks to:
Colby Sawyer College
Willa Vaughan
Mike Lovell (lighting)

The Ring in Toronto - February 2020

2/14/2020

In February 2020, Berlin Wagner Gruppe presented a co-production with Opera By Request of the entire Ring Cycle over one weekend in Toronto, Canada. It was exciting, exhilarating, and a critical success!
Little did we know that it would be the last live performance of anything of this size for the foreseeable future. Although we were supposed to do repeat performances (The spRing Cycle) in Bellville, Canada in May of 2020, those dates have been postponed to 2022 due to Covid-19.

You can read the review from the Toronto Wagner Society here!

The cast:

Das Rheingold
Woglinde - Kiera Allison
Wellgunde - Jennifer Carter
Flosshilde - Alexandra Beley
Alberich - Peter Bass
Fricka - Jilian Yemen
Wotan - Michael York
Fasolt - Dylan Wright
Fafner - George Ossipov
Freia - Vanessa Lanch*
Froh - Chris Bauer
Donner - John Holland
Loge - Lenard Whiting
Mime - Oliver Dawson
Erda - Francesca Corrado
Music Director - William Shookoff
Stage Director - Julie Wyma*

Die Walküre
Siegmund - Peter Furlong*
Sieglinde - Vanessa Lanch*
Hunding - Gene Wu
Wotan - Andrew Tees
Brünnhilde - Miriam Gordon-Stewart
Fricka - Jillian Yemen
Helmwige - Cristina Pisani
Gerhilde - Abigail Veenstra
Ortlinde - Julie Wyma*
Waltraute - Jennifer Carter
Schwertleite - Erin Armstrong
Rossweise - Alexandra Beley
Grimgerde - Monica Zerbe
Siegrune - Francesca Corrado
Music Director - William Shookoff
Stage Director - Julie Wyma*

Siegfried:
Mime - Oliver Dawson
Siegfried - Robert Martin
Wotan - Andrew Tees
Alberich - John Holland
Fafner - George Ossipov
Waldvogel - Julie Wyma*
Erda - Francesca Corrado
Brünnhilde - Miriam Gordon-Stewart
Music Director - William Shookoff
Stage Director - Julie Wyma*

Götterdämmerung:
First Norn - Meghan Symon
Second Norn - Wendy Cladman
Third Norn - Julie Wyma*
Siegfried - Robert Martin
Brünnhilde - Susan Tsagkaris
Gunther - Michael Robert-Broder
Hagen - Dylan Wright
Gutrune - Vanessa Lanch*
Waltraute - Jillian Yemen
Alberich - John Holland
Woglinde - Kiera Allison
Wellgunde - Jennifer Carter
Flosshilde - Alexandra Beley
Music Director - William Shookoff
Stage Director - Julie Wyma*

* Member of Berlin Wagner Gruppe; musical preparation - Byron Knutson

The Ring Cycle - Toronto

Sieg-dämmerung Fundraising Concert

2/1/2020

We invite you to come and listen to highlights from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. This is the second of our fundraising concerts in support of our Ring Cycle collaboration with Opera By Request in Toronto. Enjoy some beautiful music sung by some of the world's finest singers, all while sipping wine in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere.

Programme:

Das Rheingold
Erda’s Aria -
Alexandra von Roepke
Die Walküre
Act I, Scene i -
Peter Furlong - Heldentenor
Vanessa Lanch
Act II, Scene iii -
Vanessa Lanch
Peter Furlong

-Pause-

Siegfried
Act II, Scenes ii & iii excerpts -
Peter Furlong
Julie Wyma, Soprano
Brünnhilde’s awakening -
Saraï Cole-Freericks
Götterdämmerung
Prologue -
Nicole Hyde
Ricarda Gross-Khachaturian
Julie Wyma
Gutrune’s Aria -
Vanessa Lanch
Waltraute’s Aria -
Nicole Hyde

Rhein-küre Fundraising Concert

11/23/2019

In der Saison 2019/2020 präsentieren wir Konzerte mit Szenen aus unserer bevorstehenden Zusammenarbeit von "Der Ring des Nibelungen" mit Opera By Request. Eintritt frei, Spenden gerne willkommen.

We invite you to come and listen to highlights from Das Rheingold and Die Walküre. This is the first of our fundraising concerts in support of our collaboration with Opera by Request for The Ring Cycle in Toronto. Enjoy some beautiful music by some of the worlds finest singers, all while sipping wine in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere.

Performance I - Saturday Nov. 23rd.
Das Rheingold
Szene 3, selections
Mime - Seán Loftus
Alberich - Benjamin Bloomfield

Die Walküre
Act I, Scene iii
Siegmund - John Haque
Sieglinde - Sarah Greenspan, Soprano
Act II, Scene iv
Siegmund - Peter Furlong - Heldentenor
Brünnhilde - Meredith Mecum Bloomfield, Soprano
Act II, Scene v
Siegmund - Peter Furlong
Sieglinde - Sarah Greenspan
Hunding - Craig Lemont Walters
Brünnhilde - Meredith Bloomfield
Wotan - Benjamin Bloomfield

Performance II - Sunday Nov 24
Das Rheingold
Scene 4:
Erda - Kristin Patterson Brehm, Mezzo-Sopranon
Wotan - Benjamin Bloomfield
Fricka - Alexandra von Roepke
Freia - Meredith Bloomfield
Fasolt - Will Kwiatkowski
Fafner - Craig Lemont Walters
Donner - Reuben Walker
Froh - John Haque
Loge - Byron Knutson
Woglinde - Anastasia Nikolov
Wellgunde - Ricarda Gross-Khachaturian
Floßhilde - Nicole Hyde
Die Walküre
Act I, Scene iii:
Siegmund - Peter Furlong - Heldentenor
Sieglinde - Kirstin Sharpin
Act II, Scene iv
Siegmund - John Haque
Brünnhilde - Alison Hicks
Act III, Scene i:
Helmwige - Alison Hicks
Gerhilde - Chantale Nurse, soprano
Ortlinde - Julie Wyma, Soprano
Waltraute - Melissa Serluco
Siegrune - Ricarda Gross-Khachaturian
Roßweiße - Stephanie Goodwin
Grimgerde - Kristin Patterson Brehm
Schwertleite - Nicole Hyde
Brünnhilde - Alison Hicks
Sieglinde - Kirstin Sharpin

Die Walküre - April 2019

4/5/2019

Please join us for something spectacular and special. You will feel like you are part of the action!
Die Walküre, the second opera of The Ring, will be presented as a workshop performance over three days (one act per day) from April 5 through 7 and then again April 12 through 14.

Pianist/Musical Director - Byron Knutson
Stage Director - Julie Wyma

Casts:

5-7 April 2019 - "Team Nothung"
Siegmund - Peter Furlong
Sieglinde - Kirstin Sharpin
Hunding - Judd Ernster
Wotan - Eugene Raggio/Antony Shelley
Brünnhilde - Alison Hicks
Fricka - Heather Lupton
Helmwige - Kathleen Parker
Gerhilde - Sarah Greenspan
Ortlinde - Erika Buchholz
Waltraute - Maira Cosco
Siegrune - Judith Utz
Roßweiße - Stephanie Goodwin
Grimgerde - Kristin Patterson
Schwertleite - Ursula Kraemer

12-14 April 2019 - "Team Grane"
Siegmund - John Haque
Sieglinde - Vanessa Lanch
Hunding - Judd Ernster
Wotan - Eugene Raggio/Bernhard Leube
Brünnhilde - Shannon Roberts
Fricka - Charis Peden
Helmwige - Jennie Litster
Gerhilde - Sarah Greenspan
Ortlinde - Erika Buchholz
Waltraute - Maira Cosco
Siegrune - Ricarda Gross-Khachaturian
Roßweiße - Stephanie Goodwin
Grimgerde - Kristin Patterson
Schwertleite - Stephanie Goodwin

Das Rheingold - November 2018

11/21/2018

BWG präsentiert
Wagners Das Rheingold
21 und 25 November 2018, 19:30 (komplett mit Klavier).
Eintritt frei, Spenden gerne willkommen.
Erfrischungen werden serviert.
Besetzungsliste:
Pianist/Dirigent/Musikalische Leitung: Byron Knutson
Regisseurin: Julie Wyma

21 November:
Wotan: Bernhard Leube
Donner: Daniel Nicholson
Loge: Jon Valender
Froh: Darell Haynes
Alberich: Atlan Karp
Mime: Holden Madagame
Fasolt: Benoit Pitre
Fafner: Judd Ernster
Fricka: Heather Lupton
Freia: Mary Osborne
Erda: Kristin Patterson-Brehm
Woglinde: Sarai Cole
Wellgunde: Selena Pettifer
Floßhilde: Nicole Hyde

25 November:
Wotan: Bernhard Leube
Donner: Daniel Nicholson
Loge: Jon Valender
Froh: Richard Rittelmann
Alberich: Atlan Karp
Mime: Holden Madagame
Fasolt: Will Kwiatkowski
Fafner: Judd Ernster
Fricka: Alexandra von Roepke
Freia: Vanessa Lanch
Erda: Ursula Kraemer
Woglinde: Anastasia Nikolov
Wellgunde: Sarah Greenspan
Floßhilde: Judith Utz

Lohengrin - May 2018

5/22/2018

Berlin Wagner Gruppe präsentiert: Lohengrin 2018 / Wagners Geburtstagsfest.
Am 22. Mai singen wir Lohengrin komplett (mit Klavier) mit Chor 'sing-along' und Geburtstagsfest für Richard Wagner.
It's a PARTY! Kommen Sie bitte kostümiert als Ihr Lieblings-Wagner-Charakter (oder als Wagner selbst!) und bringen Sie, um mitzusingen, Ihre Chorpartitur mit.
Eintritt frei, Spenden gerne willkommen.
Erfrischungen vor Ort

May 22, 2018

Bernhard Leube: König Heinrich
Atlan Karp: Telramund
Anastasia Nikolova: Elsa
Peter Furlong - Heldentenor: Lohengrin
Alexandra von Roepke: Ortrud
Byron Knutson: Music Director

May 29, 2018

Till Schulze: König Heinrich
Christian M. B. Wagner: Telramund
Mary Osborne: Elsa
Hans-Georg Priese : Lohengrin
Selena Pettifer- Mezzo Soprano: Ortrud
Byron Knutson: Music Director

Past Productions