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.
Robert Holl
as Hans Sachs (bass-baritone)
Matthias Hölle
as Veit Pogner (bass)
Bernhard Schneider
as Kunz Vogelgesang (tenor)
Roman Trekel
as Konrad Nachtigall (bass)
Andreas Schmidt
as Sixtus Beckmesser (baritone)
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
as Fritz Kothner (bass)
Torsten Kerl
as Balthasar Zorn (tenor)
Peter Maus
as Ulrich Eißlinger (tenor)
Helmut Pampuch
as Augustin Moser (tenor)
Sándor Sólyom-Nagy
as Hermann Ortel (bass)
Alfred Reiter
as Hans Schwarz (bass)
Jyrki Korhonen
as Hans Foltz (bass)
