Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Die_Meistersinger_von_Nürnberg_(1868)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:action 3
gptkbp:catalogueNumber WWV 96
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:duration approximately 4.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Hans_von_Bülow
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Das_Rheingold
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:German_Renaissance
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Preislied
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Eva_Pogner
gptkb:Sixtus_Beckmesser
gptkb:Walther_von_Stolzing
gptkb:Hans_Sachs
gptkbp:notableFeature longest opera regularly performed
only mature Wagner opera with a comic tone
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Bayreuth_Festival,_1956_(directed_by_Wieland_Wagner)
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_1962
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_1968
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Rafael_Kubelík_(Deutsche_Grammophon,_1967)
gptkb:Hans_Knappertsbusch_(Decca,_1951)
Herbert von Karajan (EMI, 1951)
Georg Solti (Decca, 1975)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI, 1993)
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Tristan_und_Isolde
gptkbp:premiereDate 21 June 1868
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Nationaltheater_München
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:B._Schott's_Söhne
gptkbp:setting Nuremberg, 16th century
gptkbp:subject gptkb:guild_of_Meistersingers
love
tradition
music competition
gptkbp:theme gptkb:community
German nationalism
love and marriage
role of the artist in society
tradition vs innovation
gptkbp:WagnerBayreuthFestival yes
gptkbp:WagnerRingCycle no
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eva_Pogner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6