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Revision as of 09:35, 19 July 2024
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg is an opera in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).
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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.
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
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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