Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868) is Richard Wagner's only mature comic opera, set in 16th-century Nuremberg among the guild of Mastersingers. It is Wagner's most affirmative work, celebrating German art and the synthesis of tradition and creative innovation.
Wagner's most accessible and affirmative opera; a meditation on art, tradition, and German culture.
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