Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Wagner & Me

Wednesday, April 1, 7:00 PM

Director: Patrick McGrady
(2010, 89 minutes)

English actor and raconteur Stephen Fry explores his passion for Richard Wagner’s music as well as his troubled legacy. Set against the backdrop of the annual Bayreuth Festival in Germany, this fascinating documentary reveals the life and legacy of one of music’s most complicated geniuses, and features a soundtrack of Wagner’s extraordinary music.

The exhibition Wagner’s Ring: Forging an Epic will be open for program attendees before the event.