- Richard Wagner and Friedrich Voss
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) (1861)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translations by Frederick Jameson and John Gutman for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
arr. by Friedrich Voss
- 0 seconds
- Friedrich Voss
- Libretto by the composer. English translations by Frederick Jameson and John Gutman.
- English, German
Programme Note
Cast List:
MASTERSINGERS
HANS SACHS, Shoemaker: Bass
VEIT POGNER, Goldsmith: Bass
KUNZ VOGELSANG, Furrier: Tenor
KONRAD NACHTIGALL, Tinsmith: Bass
SIXTUS BECKMESSER, Town Clerk: Bass
FRITZ KOTHNER, Baker: Bass
BALTHASAR ZORN, Pewterer: Tenor
ULRICH EISSLINGER, Grocer: Tenor
AUGUSTIN MOSER, Soapmaker: Bass
HERMANN ORTEL, Stocking Weaver: Bass
HANS FOLTZ, Coppersmith: Bass
WALTHER VON STOLZING, a young knight from Franconia: Tenor
DAVID, Sachs' Apprentice: Tenor
EVA, Pogner's daughter: Soprano
MAGDALENE, Eva's companion: Mezzo-Soprano
A NIGHTWATCHMAN: Bass
Men and Women of all Guilds, Journeymen, Prentices, Girls, Townspeople.
Synopsis:
In Die Meistersinger, Wagner broke away from his tradition of the Gesamtkunstwerk to write a delightfully fresh and bitingly satirical comic review of a century and a half of German music.
MASTERSINGERS
HANS SACHS, Shoemaker: Bass
VEIT POGNER, Goldsmith: Bass
KUNZ VOGELSANG, Furrier: Tenor
KONRAD NACHTIGALL, Tinsmith: Bass
SIXTUS BECKMESSER, Town Clerk: Bass
FRITZ KOTHNER, Baker: Bass
BALTHASAR ZORN, Pewterer: Tenor
ULRICH EISSLINGER, Grocer: Tenor
AUGUSTIN MOSER, Soapmaker: Bass
HERMANN ORTEL, Stocking Weaver: Bass
HANS FOLTZ, Coppersmith: Bass
WALTHER VON STOLZING, a young knight from Franconia: Tenor
DAVID, Sachs' Apprentice: Tenor
EVA, Pogner's daughter: Soprano
MAGDALENE, Eva's companion: Mezzo-Soprano
A NIGHTWATCHMAN: Bass
Men and Women of all Guilds, Journeymen, Prentices, Girls, Townspeople.
Synopsis:
In Die Meistersinger, Wagner broke away from his tradition of the Gesamtkunstwerk to write a delightfully fresh and bitingly satirical comic review of a century and a half of German music.