A Coproduction of NCPA, Royal Opera House & Opera Australia Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg

Date: May 31- June 7 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts

Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg was composed from 1845 to 1867 and completed after Tristan und Isolde, and premiered at the National Theatre Munich in 1868. The work holds a unique position among operas by Richard Wagner, since it is his only "comic" opera and has lively music. The plot is based on an historical social context that include figures of the period. The protagonist Hans Sachs was the most famous "Die Meistersinger" in German history, who had written numerous poems to celebrate the spirit of humanity and life, making significant contributions to German art in the 16th Century. The figure was used by Wagner to express his ideal of reforming art and delivering high praise for German culture and art. This version is a coproduction of the NCPA, Royal Opera House, Convent Garden and Opera Australia, and a second opera produced by the NCPA in collaboration with the Royal Opera House after Andrea Ch??nier, which was launched in 2015.