Die Meistersinger
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1938
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Cast
Hans Sachs, Cobbler
Pogner, Goldsmith
Vogelgesang, Furrier
Nachtigall, buckle-maker
Beckmesser, Town Clerk
Kothner, Baker
Zorn, Pewterer
Eisslinger, Grocer
Moser, Tailor
Ortel, soap-boiler
Schwarz, Stocking-weaver
Foltz, Coppersmith
Sir Walther von Stolzing, Franconian Knight
David, apprentice to Hans Sachs
Eva, Pogner's daughter
Magdalene, Eva's nurse
Night Watchman
Show Dates
Time and Place
Middle of the Sixteenth Century; Nuremberg
Scenes
Act I -- Interior of St. Katherine's Church
Act II -- Street in Nuremberg, Outside the Houses of Sachs and Pogner
Act III, Scene 1 -- Interior of Hans Sachs's Workshop
Scene 2 -- A Field on the Shores of the River Pegnitz
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1938_12_compressed.pdf
(7.16 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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For this performance the regular Opera Chorus is augmented with the Opera Chorus of San Francisco State College, Eileen McCall, Director.