Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The
first performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was on 21 June
1868. It is Wagner's only mature comedy, set in Nürnberg in the 16th
Century.
The master singers (Meistersinger) were a guild of singers, consisting of amateur poets and musicians, often master craftsmen in their main professions.
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was produced in the following cities the first years after the world premiere in München on 21 June 1868
| 1868-69 | Karlsruhe Dresden Mannheim Dessau Weimar |
| 1870 | Berlin Wien |
| 1871 | Praha |
| 1872 | Copenhagen (in Danish) |
| 1882 | London |
| 1883 | Amsterdam Budapest (in Hungarian) |
| 1885 | Brüssel |
| 1886 | New York (Metropolitan Opera) |
| 1888 | Bayreuth Festival |