The Bayreuth Festival's annual new production is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the operatic calendar, and in 2025 Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. This highly anticipated staging is matched by a superb musical line-up, with Daniele Gatti conducting an international cast including Georg Zeppenfeld as Hans Sachs, Michael Spyres as Walther von Stolzing and the young Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson as Eva. All in all, it promises to be a fresh and revitalizing take on this most inspiring of Wagner's works, which asks fundamental questions about art, inspiration and what it means to be truly creative.
Georg Zeppenfeld
as Hans Sachs
Jongmin Park
as Veit Pogner
Martin Koch
as Kunz Vogelgesang
Werner Van Mechelen
as Konrad Nachtigal
Michael Nagy
as Sixtus Beckmesser
Jordan Shanahan
as Fritz Kothner
Daniel Jenz
as Balthasar Zorn
Matthew Newlin
as Ulrich Eisslinger
Gideon Poppe
as Augustin Moser
Alexander Grassauer
as Hermann Ortel
Tijl Faveyts
as Hans Schwarz
Patrick Zielke
as Hans Foltz
