Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bayreuth Festival 2025

The Bayreuth Festival's annual new production is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the operatic calendar, and in 2025 Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. This highly anticipated staging is matched by a superb musical line-up, with Daniele Gatti conducting an international cast including Georg Zeppenfeld as Hans Sachs, Michael Spyres as Walther von Stolzing and the young Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson as Eva. All in all, it promises to be a fresh and revitalizing take on this most inspiring of Wagner's works, which asks fundamental questions about art, inspiration and what it means to be truly creative.

Cast

Georg Zeppenfeld

Hans Sachs

Jongmin Park

Veit Pogner

Martin Koch

Kunz Vogelgesang

Werner Van Mechelen

Konrad Nachtigal

Michael Nagy

Sixtus Beckmesser

Jordan Shanahan

Fritz Kothner

Daniel Jenz

Balthasar Zorn

Matthew Newlin

Ulrich Eisslinger

Gideon Poppe

Augustin Moser

Alexander Grassauer

Hermann Ortel