Die Meistersinger
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1959
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers
Cast
Hans Sachs, Cobbler
Veit Pogner, goldsmith
Giorgio Tozzi(10/6)
Mino Yahia(10/8, 21)
Kunz Vogelgesang, furrier
Konrad Nachtigall, buckle-maker
Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk
Fritz Kothner, baker
Balthazar Zorn, pewterer
Ulrich Eisslinger, Grocer
Augustin Moser, tailor
Hermann Ortel, soap-boiler
Hans Schwarz, stocking-weaver
Hans Foltz, coppersmith
Walther von Stolzing, Franconian Knight
David, apprentice to Hans Sachs
Eva, Pogner's daughter
Magdalene, Eva's nurse
Night Watchman
Apprentice
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
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- Hans Sachs's workshop
Scene 2 -- An open meadow near the river Pegnitz
Media
Notes
Auxiliary Chorus: Members of the Loring Club, Eugene Fulton, Director