Log in Sign up Entire forum This topic This board. February 10, , AM. Main Menu. Re: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. February 01, , AM. Quote from: Spineur on January 31, , AM It will be that same staging which will be used in the upcoming production at the Paris Opera which I will attend. A Spanish friend of mine is off to Paris over Easter to wathch the prodcution at the Bastille. I hope you enjoy it Do let us know your impressions, please! I was lucky enough to see Herheim 's staging of Parsifal live in Bayreuth in One of the gretatest things I have ever experienced in a theatre.
A pity the DVD release seems to have been vetoed by the festival management. It seems very typical these days for opera houses to share new productions, doubtless as a way of curbing expenses.
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on March 22, , AM I understand this point of view; but unfortunately nowadays it's not very simple to portray Walther as a young knight, because there aren't many excellent wagnerian heldentenors who can sing the role as well as excellent wagnerian heldentenors in general , and those ones still in activity start getting old. I think if Heppner or Botha sing very well and they can do fine performances, you could even close an eye about their physical aspect.
There's also Jonas Kauffmann, who is splendid even if I may be misspelling his name. Obviously they patched that up for the DVD. But much as I like the staging that's now being retired, I thought the Met's earlier staging was even better.
For recordings, I vote for Kempe and Kubelik, of those I've heard. I gave away Knappertbusch both because of the unpleasant sound and the unpleasant tenor. Yep, the Parsifal was shown in cinemas a week after I saw it in the theatre, and then posted on YouTube, but I think it's been pulled down since then last time I saw, one act was still to be seen.
