“Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” scheduled to be held from June through July 2020, has been canceled for all venues amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

• Schedule & tickets
• Creators
• Cast
• Synopsis

Schedule & tickets

Creators

Cast

• 
  Hans Sachs
  Thomas Johannes MAYER
• 
  Veit Pogner
  Bjarni Thor KRISTINSSON
• 
  Kunz Vogelgesang
  MURAKAMI Kota
• 
  Konrad Nachtigall
  YONASHIRO Kei
• 
  Sixtus Beckmesser
  Adrian EROD

• 
  Fritz Kothner
  AOYAMA Takashi
• 
  Balthasar Zorn
  KANNO Atsushi
• 
  Ulrich Eisslinger
  OHARA Keiroh
• 
  Augustin Moser
  ITO Tatsundo
• 
  Hermann Ortel
  ONUMA Toru

• 
  Hans Schwarz
  HASEGAWA Akira
• 
  Hans Foltz
  TSUMAYA Hidekazu
• 
  Walther von Stolzing
  Tomislav MUŽEK
• 
  David
  MOCHIZUKI Tetsuya
• 
  Eva
  HAYASHI Masako

• 
  Magdalene
  YAMASHITA Makiko
• 
  Ein Nachtwachter
  SHIMURA Fumihiko

Chorus：New National Theatre Chorus,Nikikai Chorus Group Orchestra：Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Synopsis

Act I

Afternoon mass at Saint Catherine’s church. The knight Walther falls in love at first sight with Eva, the daughter of goldsmith Pogner. Walther finds out that the winner of the Mestersinger contest on the following day, will win Eva’s hand in marriage.He learns the rules of song composing from David, the cobbler apprentice. During the preliminary trial, the town clerk Bechmesser, who want to marry Eva, gives Walther a failing mark, but the cobbler Sachs praises Walther’s free spirit and talent.

Act Ⅱ

That evening in front of Sachs’ house. Bechmesser appears and serenades Eva. David mistakenly thinks it is his sweetheart who is being serenaded and punches Bechmesser, causing a riot that involves the whole town.

Act Ⅲ

Following morning at Sachs’ house. Walther and Sachs composes a song for the contest. Beckmesser appears and finds the draft of Walther’s song. Sachs gives the draft to Beckmesser.
Beside the Pegnitz River, the site of the singing contest,Beckmesser sings a song based on the draft he found, but he gets laughed at. He accuses Sachs of tricking him, but Sachs announces that the song is Walther’s. When Walther sings his song, everybody is moved. Walther wins Eva’s hand in marriage, but declines the title of Meistersinger. Sachs persuades him to accept the title. The opera ends with a chorus lauding the arts of Germany.