Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bayreuth Festival 2025

The story

The Bayreuth Festival's annual new production is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the operatic calendar, and in 2025 Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. This highly anticipated staging is matched by a superb musical line-up, with Daniele Gatti conducting an international cast including Georg Zeppenfeld as Hans Sachs, Michael Spyres as Walther von Stolzing and the young Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson as Eva. All in all, it promises to be a fresh and revitalizing take on this most inspiring of Wagner's works, which asks fundamental questions about art, inspiration and what it means to be truly creative.

Cast

G Georg ZeppenfeldHans Sachs J Jongmin ParkVeit Pogner M Martin KochKunz Vogelgesang W Werner Van MechelenKonrad Nachtigal M Michael NagySixtus Beckmesser J Jordan ShanahanFritz Kothner D Daniel JenzBalthasar Zorn M Matthew NewlinUlrich Eisslinger G Gideon PoppeAugustin Moser A Alexander GrassauerHermann Ortel T Tijl FaveytsHans Schwarz P Patrick ZielkeHans Foltz

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M Michael SpyresWalther von Stolzing M Matthias StierDavid C Christina NilssonEva C Christa MayerMagdalene T Tobias KehrerEin Nachtwächter