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Status
Released
Release
1999
Runtime
4h 34m
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.
17 Cast Members
Robert Holl
Hans Sachs (bass-baritone)
Matthias Hölle
Veit Pogner (bass)
Bernhard Schneider
Kunz Vogelgesang (tenor)
Roman Trekel
Konrad Nachtigall (bass)
Andreas Schmidt
Sixtus Beckmesser (baritone)
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
Fritz Kothner (bass)
Torsten Kerl
Balthasar Zorn (tenor)
Peter Maus
Ulrich Eißlinger (tenor)
Helmut Pampuch
Augustin Moser (tenor)
Alfred Reiter
Hans Schwarz (bass)
Jyrki Korhonen
Hans Foltz (bass)
Peter Seiffert
Walther von Stolzing (tenor)
Endrik Wottrich
David (tenor)
Emily Magee
Eva (soprano)
Birgitta Svendén
Magdalene (soprano)
Kwangchul Youn
Ein Nachtwächer (bass)
Sándor Nagy Sólyom
Hermann Ortel (bass)