Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Overview

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

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)

Alfred Reiter

Hans Schwarz (bass)