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Film / 1999
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Directed by
Wolfgang Wagner
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.
The story
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 HollHans Sachs (bass-baritone)
Matthias HölleVeit Pogner (bass)
Bernhard SchneiderKunz Vogelgesang (tenor)
Roman TrekelKonrad Nachtigall (bass)
Andreas SchmidtSixtus Beckmesser (baritone)
Hans-Joachim KetelsenFritz Kothner (bass)
Torsten KerlBalthasar Zorn (tenor)
Peter MausUlrich Eißlinger (tenor)
Helmut PampuchAugustin Moser (tenor)
Alfred ReiterHans Schwarz (bass)
Jyrki KorhonenHans Foltz (bass)
Peter SeiffertWalther von Stolzing (tenor)
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