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Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die
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Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg). Opera in 3 acts by Wagner to his own lib. based on Wagenseil and other sources. Gives accurate and heartwarming picture of medieval guild of
Meistersinger, several of whom, notably Hans Sachs, actually lived. Comp. 1862–7. Prod. Munich 1868, London (Drury Lane) 1882, NY Met 1886, Bayreuth 1888.
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Classical Music: Meistersinger Chicago
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/29/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...conduct special performances of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg being recorded live this...might not have been able to record Die Meistersinger - his first Wagner opera recording...prevents him from conducting an entire Meistersinger in one evening. Thus, the opera unfolded...
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Wagner's Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation
Magazine article from: German Quarterly; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Vazsonyi, Nicholas, ed. Wagner's Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representa...scholarship on Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von N[omicron]rnberg. Many of...Kupfer insists in an interview that Meistersinger must be staged at once "in his tory...
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`Meistersinger': A Voice From the Past, at Last; Thomas Stewart's 1967 Record Released; Out Ahead of the Pack on Schubert
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/14/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...role of Hans Sachs in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger" for Deutsche Grammophon, baritone...Gramophone magazine) as the best "Meistersinger" on records. But it had a long and...ending. In 1967, when he recorded "Meistersinger" in Munich, with Rafael Kubelik conducting...
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A profoundly enriching `Meistersinger'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/2/1993; ; 700+ words
; DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NUERNBERG Opera by Wagner Presented...in a performance of Wagner's "Meistersinger"? The Metropolitan Opera's new...conducting of James Levine. "Die Meistersinger" is a wonderful place to be because...
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg * Karl Bhm, cond...see Bhm's stereo 1968 Bayreuth Meistersinger so well presented, both in terms...Fanfare 31:2). The present Meistersinger is a tremendous account, if not...
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Magazine article from: Opera News; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg * Della...of the season's Meistersinger. That set, conducted...four of the minor Meistersingers repeated their roles...its lower-voiced Meistersingers. Following Erich...the small part of Meistersinger Hermann Ortel. ROBERT...
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Eine geheime Botschaft in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg und Parsifal: Jüdisches, Christliches und Antisemitisches in zwei Werken von Richard Wagner
Magazine article from: German Quarterly; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...einen mythologischen Stoff gewhlt. Die Meistersinger sind dagegen in Nrnberg historische...Gehalt ins Mystische weist. Dennoch: Meistersinger und Parsifal haben eine gemeinsame...Buhnenwerke (Wagner spricht mit Ausnahme der Meistersinger nicht mehr von Opern, sondern von...
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`Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/15/1999; ; 484 words
; `Die Meistersinger von Nurn- berg' at the Civic Opera...s performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" had a new tenor...looked ill-at-ease onstage. The "Meistersinger" sets were as confusing as ever...
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger
Magazine article from: Opera News; 8/1/1998; ; 493 words
; WAGNER: Die Meistersinger Della Casa, Malaniuk...are the two choicest Meistersingers from postwar Bayreuth...is one of but three Meistersinger recordings known to...No other recorded Meistersinger offers such incisive...
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Solti, CSO Update `Die Meistersinger'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/25/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Wagner's mighty "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" in Orchestra...sang Walther, the aspiring meistersinger. English baritone Alan...astonishing. He approaches "Meistersinger" as intimate chamber music...famous procession of the meistersingers was not so much monumental...
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Meistersinger
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Meistersinger German poet-musicians of the 15th–...18th century. Richard Wagner immortalized a meistersinger, the cobbler Hans Sachs (1494–1576), in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868).
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Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die ( The Mastersingers of Nuremberg...sources. Gives accurate and heartwarming picture of medieval guild of Meistersinger , several of whom, notably Hans Sachs, actually lived. Comp. 1862...
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meistersinger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
meistersinger [Ger.,=mastersinger], a member of one of the musical and poetic...and others became famous, but it was Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868) that popularized knowledge of the movement...
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Richter, Hans (Johann) (Baptist Isidor)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...making fair copy of score of Die Meistersinger . Recommended by Wagner to Bü...f.ps. in England of Tristan and Meistersinger ), CG (Theatre Royal) 1884 and 1903...1912, last appearance as cond. of Meistersinger at Bayreuth. Championed several Eng...
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Hans Sachs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...as sung by Beckmesser in Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger ). In Nuremberg in 1517 Sachs attained the rank of master...like upright burghers of his age. Sachs's so-called meistersinger dramas, a genre originating with his predecessor Rosenpl...
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