Wagner: Die Meistersinger

This performance from Hamburg in 1970 has classic status, several of the singers being major Wagnerians otherwise not to be seen onstage. The whole production exudes nobility, despite fairly brief cuts in each Act. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:04 pm

COMPOSERS: Wagner
LABELS: Arthaus
ALBUM TITLE: Wagner
WORKS: Die Meistersinger
PERFORMER: Tozzi, Wiemann, Kloose; Hamburg State Opera/Ludwig; dir. Joachim Hess (TV production, 1970)
CATALOGUE NO: 101 273

This performance from Hamburg in 1970 has classic status, several of the singers being major Wagnerians otherwise not to be seen onstage. The whole production exudes nobility, despite fairly brief cuts in each Act. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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