The Mastersingers of Nuremburg Tickets
‘A peerless take on Wagner’s great comedy’ Daily TelegraphGet on the list
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Performance dates
Saturday 7 February 2015 - Tuesday 10 March 2015
Run time: 5 hours 40 minutes
Includes interval
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From the opening bars of the ever-popular overture, Wagner’s The Mastersingers of Nuremberg is conceived on a truly epic scale, full of glorious melodies, stirring choruses and thrilling orchestration.
ENO’s major new production of Wagner’s comedy sees Richard Jones’s acclaimed staging re-imagined for the scale of the London Coliseum. Jones provides a characteristically witty and clear retelling of Wagner’s drama about the 16th-century guild of amateur poets and musicians (the Mastersingers), in which the tension between creativity and conformity is played out in a society obsessed with rules and regulations.
An exceptional cast has been assembled under ENO Music Director Edward Gardner. Leading Wagnerian bass-baritone Iain Paterson sings his first Sachs, while the brilliant singing-actor Andrew Shore makes his stage role debut as Beckmesser.
Special notes
No under 5 years admitted. The Mastersingers of Nuremberg is sung and surtitled in English. Please note: No view of surtitles from row H back in the Dress Circle and rows K & L in the Upper Circle