A life-celebrating story full of wisdom, art and song, Wagner's Die Meistersinger is proved as such again in David McVicar's Glyndebourne production, available in Blu-ray. Gerald Finley takes centre stage as Sachs and is claimed to be 'eminently believable' and 'gleamingly sung' (The Independent on Sunday). Complimented by the intricately vigorous conducting by Vladimir Jurowski who like McVicar uses the intimacy of Glyndebourne to highlight the insights of Wagner's musical drama.
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Composer: Richard Wagner
Hans Sachs: Gerald Finley
Walther von Stolzing: Marco Jentzsch
Sixtus Beckmesser: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Eva: Anna Gabler
Veit Pogner: Alastair Miles
David: Topi Lehtipuu
The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Director: David McVicar
Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting: Paule Constable
Plus: Cast Gallery / Die Meistersinger von Glyndebourne / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – an opera with baggage.
Picture: 16:9
Sound: PCM 2.0 / 5.1 DTS-HD MA
Region code: All regions
Running time: 280+20 mins
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE