ENO’s major new production of Wagner’s comedy sees Richard Jones’s acclaimed staging re-imagined for the scale of the London Coliseum. Jones provides a characteristically witty and clear retelling of Wagner’s drama about the 16th-century guild of amateur poets and musicians (the Mastersingers), in which the tension between creativity and conformity is played out in a society obsessed with rules and regulations.
An exceptional cast has been assembled under ENO Music Director Edward Gardner. Leading Wagnerian bass-baritone Iain Paterson sings his first Sachs, while the brilliant singing-actor Andrew Shore makes his stage role debut as Beckmesser.
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg is sung and surtitled in English | Running time: 5hrs 40mins
Pre-performance talk: 18 Feb, 5.15 – 6pm, £5/£2.50 concs
Production originated at Welsh National Opera. New production supported supported by Mr & Mrs J. Shafran, Deirdre & Thomas Lynch, a syndicate of individual donors and the Friends of ENO
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg cast and creative team
Conductor Edward Gardner
Director Richard Jones
Set Designer Paul Steinberg
Costume Designer Buki Shiff
Lighting Designer Mimi Jordan Sherin
Choreographer Lucy Burge
Librettist Richard Wagner after various historical and literary sources
Translation Adapted from Frederic Jameson
8 performances
15:00 Sat 07 Feb 15 15:00 Sat 14 Feb 15 17:00 Wed 18 Feb 15 15:00 Sat 21 Feb 15 17:00Wed 25 Feb 15 17:00 Tue 03 Mar 15 15:00 Sat 07 Mar 15 17:00Tue 10 Mar 15
