Die Meistersinger Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1959 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Hans Sachs, Cobbler Paul Schoeffler Veit Pogner, goldsmith Giorgio Tozzi(10/6) Mino Yahia(10/8, 21) Kunz Vogelgesang, furrier Raymond Manton Konrad Nachtigall, buckle-maker Eugene Green Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk Geraint Evans Fritz Kothner, baker Lawrence Winters Balthazar Zorn, pewterer Robert Thomas Ulrich Eisslinger, Grocer Evaldo Dal Poggetto Augustin Moser, tailor Howard Fried Hermann Ortel, soap-boiler Henry McGuckin Hans Schwarz, stocking-weaver Carl Palangi Hans Foltz, coppersmith Mark Elyn Walther von Stolzing, Franconian Knight Sebastian Feiersinger David, apprentice to Hans Sachs Caesar Curzi Eva, Pogner's daughter Sena Jurinac Magdalene, Eva's nurse Katherine Hilgenberg Night Watchman Mark Elyn Apprentice Margaret Magoon Show Dates Tue, Oct 6 1959, 7:30pm Thu, Oct 8 1959, 7:30pm Wed, Oct 21 1959, 7:30pm 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 Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Cesare Curzi (David) Credit Bill Cogan Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Sebastian Feiersinger (Walther), Mino Yahia (Pogner) Credit Bill Cogan Notes Auxiliary Chorus: Members of the Loring Club, Eugene Fulton, Director Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Cesare Curzi (David) Credit Bill Cogan
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Sebastian Feiersinger (Walther), Mino Yahia (Pogner) Credit Bill Cogan