Overview

A classic production from the Bayreuth Festival is made available here for the first time on DVD! Staged and directed by Richard Wagner’s grandson Wolfgang Wagner at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1999, this production of Wagner’s only comic opera features an all-star cast and the Bayreuther Festspiele chorus and orchestra under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

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Cast

Roman Trekel

Konrad Nachtigall (bass)

Andreas Schmidt

Sixtus Beckmesser (baritone)

Peter Maus

Ulrich Eißlinger (tenor)

Peter Seiffert

Walther von Stolzing (tenor)

Emily Magee

Eva (soprano)

Kwangchul Youn

Ein Nachtwächer (bass)