Movie

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

1984 4h 27m Released

Music

Richard Wagner's grandson, Wolfgang Wagner, staged and directed this performance of the legendary composer's most human of musical dramas at the 1984 Bayreuth Festival. Horst Stein directs the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra and an all-star cast that includes Hermann Prey (as Beckmesser), Bernd Weikl (as Sachs), Siegfried Jerusalem (as Walter), Graham Clark (as David) and MariAnne Haggander (as Eva).

Cast

B Bernd Weikl Hans Sachs S Siegfried Jerusalem Walter von Stolzing Hermann Prey Sixtus Beckmesser M MariAnne Häggander Eva G Graham Clark David H Horst Stein Conductor