ENO Music Director Edward Gardner on ENO's special connection with The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, and why it's important we perform the piece in English as Wagner intended.

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg:

Wagner's comic opera tells the story of a 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.

Full of glorious melodies, stirring choruses and thrilling orchestration, it reveals the composer at the height of his powers.

Director Richard Jones (Rodelinda, The Girl of the Golden West) brings this spectacular staging to London for the first time.

ENO Music Director Edward Gardner conducts an exceptional cast that includes leading Wagnerian bass-baritone Iain Paterson as Hans Sachs and a magnificent chorus of 90 singers.

Experience Mastersingers, live at the London Coliseum until 10 March 2015. Tickets from £15 - book your seat today: [ Ссылка ]

Reviews:

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg opened to an incredible, emotional reception, with ★★★★★ reviews from The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, WhatOnStage, theartsdesk.com... the list goes on!

Daily Telegraph ★★★★★
“Explodes with joy”
“A total triumph”

WhatsOnStage ★★★★★
“A complete company achievement”
“Extraordinary”

theartsdesk.com ★★★★★
“You’d be mad to miss it”

Cast and creative:

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
Language: Sung in English, with lyrics projected above the stage

Hans Sachs: Iain Paterson
Eva: Rachel Nicholls
Beckmesser: Andrew Shore
Pogner: James Creswell
Walther von Stolzing: Gwyn Hughes Jones
David: Nicky Spence
Kothner: David Stout
Magdalene: Madeleine Shaw
Night Watchman: Nicholas Crawley

Experience Mastersingers, live at the London Coliseum until 10 March 2015. Tickets from £15 - book your seat today: [ Ссылка ]

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