Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bayreuth Festival 2025 2025 Directed by Matthias Davids

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.

Country Germany
Language German
Release Date 25 July 2025
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
Tijl Faveyts Hans Schwarz
Patrick Zielke Hans Foltz
Michael Spyres Walther von Stolzing
Christa Mayer Magdalene
Tobias Kehrer Ein Nachtwächter