Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Intro
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
From 23/03/2002 in Antwerp - from 11/04/2002 in Ghent
- Musical direction: Friedemann Layer
- Director: Christine Mielitz
- Hans Sachs: Oskar Hillebrandt
- Sixtus Beckmesser: Michael Kraus
- Walther von Stolzing: Jeffrey Dowd
- David: Yves Saelens
"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" could be seen as the comical version of Tannhäuser. The Meistersingers are with their competitions the close minded colleagues of the Meistersingers in Wartburg. The contradiction between conservatisme and artistic renewing gets treated with the necessary relativisme.
Practical
Surtitles: Dutch.
Team
- Musical direction
- Director
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Set design
Stefan Mayer
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Costumes
Caritas de Wit
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Lightning
Friedrich Rom
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Chorus master
Peter Burian
- Hans Sachs
- Sixtus Beckmesser
- Walther von Stolzing
- David
- Eva
- Veit Pogner
- Kunz Vogelsang
- Konrad Nachtigall
- Fritz Kothner
- Balthazar Zorn
- Ulrich Eisslinger
- Augustin Moser
- Hermann Ortel
- Hans Schwarz
- Hans Foltz
- Magdalena
- Ein Nachtwächter
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