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.
Cast
Hans Sachs (bass-baritone)
Veit Pogner (bass)
Kunz Vogelgesang (tenor)
Konrad Nachtigall (bass)
Sixtus Beckmesser (baritone)
Fritz Kothner (bass)
Balthasar Zorn (tenor)
Ulrich Eißlinger (tenor)
Augustin Moser (tenor)
Hermann Ortel (bass)
Hans Schwarz (bass)
Hans Foltz (bass)
