Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Metropolitan Opera

Overview

James Levine leads a stirring performance of Wagner’s epic comedy, seen in Otto Schenk’s classic production. Baritone Michael Volle stars as Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet at the heart of this story of love, art, and youth vs. age. Leading Wagnerian tenor Johan Botha is Walther von Stolzing, the young knight whose new ideas upset the traditional ways of the mastersingers, and Annette Dasch sings Eva, the girl he loves, whose hand has been promised to the winner of a singing contest. Johannes Martin Kränzle as the pedantic town clerk Beckmesser, Hans-Peter König as Pogner, Eva’s father, and Paul Appleby as David, Sachs’s apprentice complete the stellar cast.

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Cast

Michael Volle

Hans Sachs

Annette Dasch

Eva

Johan Botha

Walther von Stolzing

Johannes Martin Kränzle

Sixtus Beckmesser

Hans-Peter König

Veit Pogner

Paul Appleby

David

Karen Cargill

Magdalene

Matthew Rose

Nachtwächter

Martin Hochmann

Kunz Vogelgesang

David Crawford

Konrad Nachtigall