Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Legendary conductor Fritz Reiner leads a magical performance of Wagner’s only comic opera. Victoria de los Angeles is an enchanting Eva, the young woman whose husband must be a Mastersinger—so says her father Pogner (Josef Greindl). But the knight she loves, Walther (Hans Hopf), doesn’t know any of the Mastersinger Guild’s rules, and his pedantic rival Beckmesser (Gerhard Pechner) lives by them. Fortunately the poet-cobbler Hans Sachs (the great Paul Schöffler) knows just what to do so that love triumphs. This performance is taken from the "Wagner at the Met" CD box set.
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Jan 10, 1953
Composer
Richard Wagner
Librettist
Richard Wagner
Run Time
3 HRS 45 MIN