Libretto
Richard Wagner
Premiere
21. Juni 1868, Munich (Royal Court and National Theatre)
Cast
HANS SACHS (bass)
VEIT POGNER (bass)
KUNZ VOGELSANG (tenor)
KONRAD NACHTIGALL (bass)
SIXTUS BECKMESSER (bass)
FRITZ KOTHNER (bass)
BALTHASAR ZORN (tenor)
ULRICH EISSLINGER (tenor)
AUGUSTIN MOSER (tenor)
HERMANN ORTEL (bass)
HANS SCHWARZ (bass)
HANS FOLTZ (bass)
WALTHER VON STOLZING (tenor)
DAVID (tenor)
EVA (soprano)
MAGDALENE (mezzo-soprano)
NIGHT-WATCHMAN (bass)
CHORUS
men and women from every guild, journeymen, apprentices, young women, populace
Place
Time
Middle of the 16th century