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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg-12 July 1997 Matinee 4.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Leader Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Walther von Stolzing
a young knight of Franconia 		Gösta Winbergh
Eva
Pogner's daughter 		Nancy Gustafson
Magdalene
Eva's companion 		Catherine Wyn-Rogers
David
apprentice to Hans Sachs 		Herbert Lippert
Veit Pogner
a goldsmith 		Gwynne Howell
Sixtus Beckmesser
town clerk 		Thomas Allen
Hans Sachs
a shoemaker 		John Tomlinson
Kunz Vogelgesang
a furrier 		Alasdair Elliott
Konrad Nachtigall
a tinsmith 		Richard Lloyd Morgan
Fritz Kothner
a baker 		Anthony Michaels-Moore
Hermann Ortel
a soap-boiler 		Grant Dickson
Balthazar Zorn
a pewterer 		Robin Leggate
Augustin Moser
a tailor 		John Dobson
Ulrich Eisslinger
a grocer 		Paul Crook
Hans Foltz
a coppersmith 		Simon Wilding
Hans Schwarz
a stocking-weaver 		Geoffrey Moses
Nightwatchman Michael Druiett
People of Nuremberg, Apprentices The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Acrobats
Children from Putney Park School
Children from St Thomas of Canterbury R.C. Middle School (Mitcham)
Children from the Urdang Academy
Children from The Young Place (Euston)
Children from Sandra Patmore School of Dance
Children from Surbiton High School for Girls (Surbiton)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to Sir Jeremy Isaacs.
Language: German
Surtitled by: Peter Kreiss
Durations: Act I: 4.36-5.57pm, Act II: 6.52-7.51pm, Act III: 8.20-10.20pm
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 12 July 1997
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 12 July 1997 (in Royal Opera House Collections)