Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1999)

Music

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.

Cast

Hans Sachs (bass-baritone)
Veit Pogner (bass)
Hans Schwarz (bass)
Hans Foltz (bass)
Walther von Stolzing (tenor)
David (tenor)
Eva (soprano)
Magdalene (soprano)
Ein Nachtwächer (bass)
Kunz Vogelgesang (tenor)
Konrad Nachtigall (bass)
Sixtus Beckmesser (baritone)
Fritz Kothner (bass)
Balthasar Zorn (tenor)
Ulrich Eißlinger (tenor)
Augustin Moser (tenor)
Hermann Ortel (bass)

Crew