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May 15, 2024 · A 1962 concert performance from Radio Italiana, now on CD, shows how delightful Wagner can sound without barking and slow wobbles. Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (or, rather, I maestri cantori di Norimberga)
1 day ago · Nicole Chevalier (Eva), Anna Lapkovskaja (Magdalene), Tomislav Mužek (Walther), Sebastian Kohlhepp (David) and Gerald Finley (Sachs) perform the quintet ‘Selig, wie die Sonne’ from the third act of Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Teatro Real Madrid. Behind the scenes.
- Pablo Heras-Casado
- Laurent Pelly
- Laurent PellyJean-Jacques Delmotte
- Richard Wagner
May 2, 2024 · The orchestra under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado played their hearts out, and the huge chorus sang splendidly, though I sometimes wished the heavier brass would not treat it as a day out to celebrate as loudly as possible. But as a day out, Meistersinger in Madrid is well worth the trip.
5 days ago · He pushed the timbric qualities in Wagner’s orchestration to their limits and the orchestra sounded better than ever. Every single detail, the balance between the brass section and the rest of the orchestra was impeccable.
4 days ago · Premiere: December 4, 2022. Synopsis: The plot tells of the young knight Walther von Stolzing, who courts the bourgeois Eva Pogner and - in order to obtain her father's permission to marry her - must write a song of praise in accordance with the rules of the Meistersinger.
May 18, 2024 · Midsummer's eve in Nuremberg and the real-life cobbler-poet Hans Sachs and the guild of mastersingers are pursuing their craft of poetry and music according to traditions and rules. A goldsmith's daughter, Eva, and a knight, Walther von Stolzing, fall in love, but Eva's father has promised her to the winner in the forthcoming song contest.
May 11, 2024 · The Wagner Society of Manchester presents Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, a study day at the Anthony Burgess Foundation. The day will be led by our president, Derek Blyth, who has led us in study days of all the Ring dramas, Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin, Parsifal and on Brünnhilde as well giving many Monday lectures over […]
