Five hours of Wagner and you'll thank him for it — Kosky's Meistersinger is opera that actually *entertains*.
The high-point of the 2017 Bayreuth Festival, Barrie Kosky’s astonishingly entertaining and convincing new Meistersinger is a triumph: a production of enormous insight and great quality... that plumbs the depths of both the opera and its composer.
Direction
Kosky makes Wagner feel modern, human, and genuinely funny.
Acting
Michael Volle's Sachs carries five hours with heartbreaking warmth.
Production
Nuremberg reimagined as theatrical playground — stunningly cohesive.
Director
Barrie Kosky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kosky is the first Jewish director at Bayreuth, Wagner's antisemitic shrine — his Meistersinger quietly reclaims the space.
The production uses deliberate anachronisms (modern costumes, theatrical devices) to distance us from the opera's troubling nationalist elements.
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