Germany's renowned Bayreuth Festival of operas by Richard Wagner kicked off on Friday with a new production of "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg," with both Chancellor Friedrich Merz and former ...

Productions of Wagner's opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" divide audiences. Should emphasis be placed on the opera's comical elements, or is it to be seen as more of a serious play about German ...

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was originally seen live in movie theaters on December 13, 2014, as part of the groundbreaking The Met: Live in HD series, which transmits live performances to more ...

Brandon Jovanovich as Walther and Rachel Willis-Sorensen as Eva during SF Opera dress rehearsal of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger," in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, November 15, 2015.

AKRON, Ohio -- Akron Symphony Orchestra will perform excerpts from Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger," a music drama in three acts, at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall on Friday, Oct. 6.

No pressure, dude. When the “Die Meistersinger” curtain rose for Act II, revealing nine medieval half-timber buildings, Aucoin whispered, “This set looks like an Advent calendar.” ...

This “Meistersinger” will challenge, delight and outrage audiences for a number of years to come. Perhaps, as Beckmesser discovers, breaking with tradition isn’t such a bad thing.

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is an opera in three acts, written and composed by Richard Wagner. It is among the longest operas commonly performed, usually taking around four and a half hours.

San Francisco Opera Presents Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” Where: War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness, San Francisco When: 6 p.m. Nov. 21, 24, 27 and Dec. 2, 1 p.m. Dec. 6 ...

In Die Meistersinger last week the Eva was one of the comeliest young women who has ever made an operatic debut. She was Inez Gorman, 23. Soprano Gorman piped prettily as the ingenuous young heroine.