Die Meistersinger
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1961
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers
Cast
Walther von Stolzing, Franconian Knight
Eva, Pogner's daughter
Magdalene, Eva's companion
David, apprentice to Hans Sachs
Veit Pogner, goldsmith
Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk
Hans Sachs, Cobbler
Kunz Vogelgesang, furrier
Konrad Nachtigall, buckle-maker
Fritz Kothner, baker
Balthazar Zorn, pewterer
Ulrich Eisslinger, Grocer
Hans Foltz, coppersmith
Augustin Moser, tailor
Hermann Ortel, soap-boiler
Hans Schwarz, stocking-weaver
Night Watchman
Show Dates
Time and Place
Middle of the sixteenth century; Nürnberg
Scenes
Act I -- Interior of St. Katherine's church
Act II -- Outside the homes of Sachs and Pogner
Act III, Scene 1 -- Hans Sachs's workshop
Scene 2 -- An open meadow near the river Pegnitz
Notes
Auxiliary Chorus
Members of the Loring Club, Eugene Fulton, Director
Corps de Ballet
Kieth Engen's first name IS correctly spelled. He changed the spelling during his career in German opera houses.