Title: Richard Wagner: "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg"
Original title: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Released: 2011
Genre: opera
Directed by: David McVicar
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Cast: Marco Jentzsch (Walther von Stolzing), Anna Gabler (Eva), Michaela Selinger (Magdalene), Topi Lehtipuu (David), Alastair Miles (Veit Pogner), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Gerald Finley (Hans Sachs) , Colin Judson (Kunz Vogelgesang), The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Description:

English-speaking audiences have always found Die Meistersinger to be a life-enhancing celebration of wisdom, art and song. So it proves in David McVicar's production - the first at Glyndebourne - which is updated to the early-19th century of Wagner's childhood. At the center of a true ensemble cast is Gerald Finley, a 'gleamingly sung', 'eminently believable' Sachs (The Independent on Sunday), supported by the dynamic conducting of Vladimir Jurowski, like McVicar's production, uses Glyndebourne's special intimacy to bring Sharp focus to bear on the subtlety of Wagner's musical and dramatic counterpoint.

Recorded live at Glyndebourne, Lewes, July 2011.


Issued: United States | Opus Arte
Duration: 02: 32: 16 + 02: 09: 05