Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

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Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg is an opera in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

The original text

The first performance of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) was on 21 June 1868. It is Wagner's only mature comedy, set in Nürnberg in the 16th century.

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Performance history in South Africa

1913: Presented by the Quinlan Opera Company for the Wagner Festival in both Cape Town and Johannesburg.

1987: Presented by CAPAB Opera (22 August – 12 September)

Sources

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

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