Die Meistersinger
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1971
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Designers
Resident designer
Costumers
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Auxiliary chorus prepared by
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
Hermann Ortel, soap-maker
Balthazar Zorn, pewterer
Augustin Moser, tailor
Ulrich Eisslinger, Grocer
Hans Foltz, coppersmith
Hans Schwarz, stocking-weaver
Apprentice
Night Watchman
Show Dates
Broadcast
10/1/1971, broadcast KKHI.
Time and Place
Sixteenth-century Nürnberg
Scenes
Act I -- St. Katherine's church
Act II -- The street with houses of Sachs and Pogner
Act III, Scene 1 -- Workshop of Hans Sachs
Scene 2 -- Festival site
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1971_08_compressed.pdf
(18.26 MB)
Acknowledgements
New Production In memory of Robert Watt Miller, late President of the San Francisco Opera Association
The San Francisco Opera Association extends its thanks to the contributors to the Robert Watt Miller Memorial Fund who made this new production possible.
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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10/1/1971, broadcast KKHI. Intermission taped features: Intermissions #1 and #2, Bill Agee (guest).
New Production