Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Plot

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

Bernd Weikl

Hans Sachs

Siegfried Jerusalem

Walter von Stolzing

Hermann Prey

Sixtus Beckmesser

MariAnne Häggander

Eva

Graham Clark

David

Horst Stein

Conductor