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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude, Quintet and Act III scene 2-13 July 2002 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Excerpt
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Hans Sachs
a shoemaker 		John Tomlinson
Eva
Pogner's daughter 		Nancy Gustafson
Magdalene
Eva's companion 		Nadja Michael
Walther von Stolzing
a young knight of Franconia 		Ben Heppner
David
apprentice to Hans Sachs 		Toby Spence
Sixtus Beckmesser
town clerk 		Thomas Allen
Veit Pogner
a goldsmith 		Gwynne Howell
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 		Jeremy White
Balthazar Zorn
a pewterer 		Robin Leggate
Augustin Moser
a tailor 		John Dobson
Ulrich Eisslinger
a grocer 		Peter Wedd
Hans Foltz
a coppersmith 		Mark Richardson
Hans Schwarz
a stocking-weaver 		Graeme Broadbent
People of Nuremberg The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Apprentices
Actors
Dancers
Acrobats
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Speeches were made at the end of the performance by Tony Hall, Thomas Allen and Bernard Haitink.
Language: German
Surtitled by: Peter Kreiss
Durations: Excerpt: 9.38-10.36pm
Event: Number 3 in Bernard Haitink's Farewell Performance 13 July 2002
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 13 July 2002
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 13 July 2002 (in Royal Opera House Collections)