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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ( German: [diː ˈmaɪstɐˌzɪŋɐ fɔn ˈnʏʁnbɛːɐk]; "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg"), WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. It is the longest opera commonly performed, taking nearly four and a half hours, not counting two breaks between acts, and is traditionally not cut.
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- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
- Richard Wagner
Jul 31, 2007 · BAYREUTH, GERMANY — Like the knight Walther von Stolzing in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," who composes a prize song to win his beloved Eva, Katharina Wagner has created a production of...
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The story revolves around the creation of a song—written by a brash, self-taught poet—and follows the very typical operatic formula of young love winning out over meddlesome old men. But more than a mere romance, the opera is an uplifting and inspiring treatise on the importance of art in a community and the world at large.
