Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Metropolitan Opera

James Levine leads a stirring performance of Wagner’s epic comedy, seen in Otto Schenk’s classic production. Baritone Michael Volle stars as Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet at the heart of this story of love, art, and youth vs. age. Leading Wagnerian tenor Johan Botha is Walther von Stolzing, the young knight whose new ideas upset the traditional ways of the mastersingers, and Annette Dasch sings Eva, the girl he loves, whose hand has been promised to the winner of a singing contest. Johannes Martin Kränzle as the pedantic town clerk Beckmesser, Hans-Peter König as Pogner, Eva’s father, and Paul Appleby as David, Sachs’s apprentice complete the stellar cast.

CAST

Michael VolleHans Sachs

Annette DaschEva

Johan BothaWalther von Stolzing

Johannes Martin KränzleSixtus Beckmesser

Hans-Peter KönigVeit Pogner

Paul ApplebyDavid

Karen CargillMagdalene

Matthew RoseNachtwächter

Martin HochmannKunz Vogelgesang

David CrawfordKonrad Nachtigall

Martin GantnerFritz Kothner

Joseph HuBalthasar Zorn

Scott ScullyUlrich Eisslinger

David CangelosiAugustin Moser

Charles TaylorHermann Ortel