Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

A classic production from the Bayreuth Festival is made available here for the first time on DVD! Staged and directed by Richard Wagner’s grandson Wolfgang Wagner at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1999, this production of Wagner’s only comic opera features an all-star cast and the Bayreuther Festspiele chorus and orchestra under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

Music

Robert Holl

(Hans Sachs (bass-baritone))

Matthias Hölle

(Veit Pogner (bass))

Bernhard Schneider

(Kunz Vogelgesang (tenor))

Roman Trekel

(Konrad Nachtigall (bass))

Andreas Schmidt

(Sixtus Beckmesser (baritone))

Hans-Joachim Ketelsen

(Fritz Kothner (bass))

Torsten Kerl

(Balthasar Zorn (tenor))

Peter Maus

(Ulrich Eißlinger (tenor))

Helmut Pampuch

(Augustin Moser (tenor))

Sándor Sólyom-Nagy

(Hermann Ortel (bass))

Alfred Reiter

(Hans Schwarz (bass))

Jyrki Korhonen

(Hans Foltz (bass))

Peter Seiffert

(Walther von Stolzing (tenor))

Endrik Wottrich

(David (tenor))

Emily Magee

(Eva (soprano))

Birgitta Svendén

(Magdalene (soprano))

Kwangchul Youn

(Ein Nachtwächer (bass))