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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bayreuth Festival 2025

The Bayreuth Festival's annual new production is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the operatic calendar, and in 2025 Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. This highly anticipated staging is matched by a superb musical line-up, with Daniele Gatti conducting an international cast including Georg Zeppenfeld as Hans Sachs, Michael Spyres as Walther von Stolzing and the young Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson as Eva. All in all, it promises to be a fresh and revitalizing take on this most inspiring of Wagner's works, which asks fundamental questions about art, inspiration and what it means to be truly creative.

Top Cast

  • Georg Zeppenfeld

    Georg Zeppenfeld

    Hans Sachs

  • Jongmin Park

    Jongmin Park

    Veit Pogner

  • Martin Koch

    Martin Koch

    Kunz Vogelgesang

  • Werner Van Mechelen

    Werner Van Mechelen

    Konrad Nachtigal

  • Michael Nagy

    Michael Nagy

    Sixtus Beckmesser

  • Jordan Shanahan

    Jordan Shanahan

    Fritz Kothner

  • Daniel Jenz

    Daniel Jenz

    Balthasar Zorn

  • Matthew Newlin

    Matthew Newlin

    Ulrich Eisslinger

  • Gideon Poppe

    Gideon Poppe

    Augustin Moser

Overview

The Bayreuth Festival's annual new production is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the operatic calendar, and in 2025 Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. This highly anticipated staging is matched by a superb musical line-up, with Daniele Gatti conducting an international cast including Georg Zeppenfeld as Hans Sachs, Michael Spyres as Walther von Stolzing and the young Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson as Eva. All in all, it promises to be a fresh and revitalizing take on this most inspiring of Wagner's works, which asks fundamental questions about art, inspiration and what it means to be truly creative.

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