Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), 2011
David McVicar directs our first-ever staging of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
The cast includes Gerald Finley (Hans Sachs), Marco Jentzsch (Walther von Stolzing), Anna Gabler (Eva) and Johannes Martin Kränzle (Sixtus Beckmesser) with conductor Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Photo: Alastair Muir
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - full opera
Can a song change the world?
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg stands apart among Wagner’s operas. This wise and warm-hearted comedy rejects the composer’s usual gods and goddesses, magical potions and faraway lands to tell a simpler story about everyday life and people. The result is a work of tre...