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==The original text==
 
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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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Wagner's only mature comedy, set in Nürnberg in the 16th century, the piece .had its full premiere at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater, Munich, on 21 June 1868. The production was sponsored by Ludwig II of Bavaria and the conductor was Hans von Bülow.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg
  
 
[[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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
 
[[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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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[[Hilde Roos]]. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. ''Acta Academica Supplementum''. 2012(1).
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:32, 19 July 2024

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

The original text

Wagner's only mature comedy, set in Nürnberg in the 16th century, the piece .had its full premiere at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater, Munich, on 21 June 1868. The production was sponsored by Ludwig II of Bavaria and the conductor was Hans von Bülow.

Translations and adaptations

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).

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