Wolfgang Wagner
1919 - 2010Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wolfgang Wagner
Bernd Weikl, Siegfried Jerusalem
Richard Wagner's grandson, Wolfgang Wagner, staged and directed this performance of the legendary composer's most human of musical dramas at the 1984 Bayreuth Festival. Horst Stein directs the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra and an all-star cast that includes Hermann Prey (as Beckmesser), Bernd Weikl (as Sachs), Siegfried Jerusalem (as Walter), Graham Clark (as David) and MariAnne Haggander (as Eva).
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere
Werner Herzog
Norbert Balatsch, Daniel Barenboim
This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wolfgang Wagner
Robert Holl, Matthias Hölle
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.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
