December 13

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

Posted by Layla on December 13, 2014 in MET OPERA LIVE IN HD | Leave a comment

RICHARD WAGNER

2014-2015 HD OPERA SEASON

DECEMBER 13, 2014 @ 12:00 PM

RUN TIME: 6 HRS

James Levine returns to one of his signature Wagner works conducting this epic comedy—back at the Met for the first time in eight years—about a group of Renaissance “master singers” whose song contest unites a city. Johan Reuter, Johan Botha, and Annette Dasch lead the superb international cast in this charming and magisterial celebration of the power of music and art.

Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website: http://www.metopera.org

CONDUCTOR: James Levine

PRODUCTION:

CAST: Michael Voile, Johan Botha, Annette Dasch

CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:

http://www.metopera.org/uploadedFiles/MetOpera/Live_In_HD/2014-15/cast_sheets/Meistersinger_synopsis_Global.pdf

VIDEO: Video courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera

PHOTOS: Photo: Beatriz Schiller/Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera’s “Die MEISTERSINGER von Nürnberg” by Richard Wagner, season 06-07 première March1-2007
Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.”
Photo: Beatriz Schiller/Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera’s “Die MEISTERSINGER von Nürnberg” by Richard Wagner, season 06-07 première March1-2007
Johan Botha as Walther von Stolzing in Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.”
Photo: Beatriz Schiller/Metropolitan Opera

Annette Dasch as Eva and Karen Cargill as Magdalene in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Johannes Martin Kränzle as Beckmesser and James Morris as Hans Sachs in Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera