Overview

Richard Wagner's grandson, Wolfgang Wagner, staged and directed this performance of the legendary composer's most human of musical dramas at the 1984 Bayreuth Festival. Horst Stein directs the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra and an all-star cast that includes Hermann Prey (as Beckmesser), Bernd Weikl (as Sachs), Siegfried Jerusalem (as Walter), Graham Clark (as David) and MariAnne Haggander (as Eva).

Top Cast

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Bernd Weikl

Hans Sachs

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Siegfried Jerusalem

Walter von Stolzing

Hermann Prey

Sixtus Beckmesser

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MariAnne Häggander

Eva

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Graham Clark

David

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Horst Stein

Conductor