Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Opera in three acts libretto by the composer

Premiering January 26, 2020

In German with German and English surtitles

Musical direction Christian Thielemann
Staged by Jens-Daniel Herzog
Set design by Mathis Neidhardt
Costumes Sibylle Gädeke
Light Fabio Antoci
Choir André Kellinghaus
Choreography Ramses Sigl
Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule, Hans-Peter Frings

Hans Sachs Georg Zeppenfeld
Veit Pogner Vitalij Kovalev
Kunz Vogelsang Joseph Dennis
Konrad Nachtigall Sebastian Wartig
Sixtus Beckmesser Adrian Eröd
Fritz Kothner Markus Marquardt
Balthasar Zorn Aaron Pegram
Ulrich Eisslinger Gerald Hupach
Augustin Moser Simeon Esper
Hermann Ortel Rupert Grossinger
Hans Schwarz Tilmann Rönnebeck
Hans Foltz Martin Jan Nijhof
Walther von Stolzing Tomislav Mužek
David Daniel Behle
Eva Julia Kleiter
Magdalene Christa Mayer

Saxon State Opera Chorus Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden

A co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and the New National Theatre, Tokyo

Richard Wagner's 1868 »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg« is one of the composer's most popular works - and a wonderful musical comedy. This takes place around midsummer night in medieval Nuremberg, where the widowed shoemaker Hans Sachs, the town clerk Sixtus Beckmesser and the young aristocratic daredevil Walther von Stolzing sing, write poetry and also fight over Eva. Why? Because the goldsmith Pogner advertised his coveted daughter as a prize in the annual singing competition to make it clear how important art is to him. And so »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg« becomes a musical masterpiece that poses the question of the importance of art – here music – for our lives and society. Reason enough for director Jens-Daniel Herzog to relocate the musical-comedic discourse about art and life to today and directly to the world of theater and opera.



Subject to change.