Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bayreuth Festival 2025

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.

Directed by Matthias Davids

Top cast

Georg Zeppenfeld

Hans Sachs

J

Jongmin Park

Veit Pogner

M

Martin Koch

Kunz Vogelgesang

W

Werner Van Mechelen

Konrad Nachtigal

M

Michael Nagy

Sixtus Beckmesser

J

Jordan Shanahan

Fritz Kothner

D

Daniel Jenz

Balthasar Zorn

M

Matthew Newlin

Ulrich Eisslinger

G

Gideon Poppe

Augustin Moser

A

Alexander Grassauer

Hermann Ortel

T

Tijl Faveyts

Hans Schwarz

P

Patrick Zielke

Hans Foltz

Michael Spyres

Walther von Stolzing

M

Matthias Stier

David

C

Christina Nilsson

Eva

Christa Mayer

Magdalene

Tobias Kehrer

Ein Nachtwächter

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