NEW ON NAXOS | NOVEMBER 2023
Klaus Florian Vogt as Walther von Stolzing and Johan Reuter as Hans Sachs © Thomas Aurin / Deutsche Oper Berlin
Richard WAGNER (1813–1883) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Opera in three acts (1868) Libretto by the composer Heidi Stober, Soprano • Klaus Florian Vogt, Ya-Chung Huang, Tenors Philipp Jekal, Baritone • Johan Reuter, Bass-baritone Albert Pesendorfer, Bass Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus and Orchestra John Fiore, Conductor Jossi Wieler, Sergio Morabito, Anna Viebrock, Stage directors Triumphantly premiered in 1868, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg evokes the singing guilds of mid-16th-century Nuremburg, a focal point of the Northern European Renaissance. Wagner’s only mature comic opera concerns the young knight Walther von Stolzing’s love for Eva whom the town clerk Beckmesser also covets. Against the background of a singing contest, cobbler-singer Hans Sachs’ nobility ensures the reconciliation of youth and age, and tradition and innovation. Deutsche Oper Berlin’s provocative new staging was considered ‘entertaining throughout’ and ‘thought-provoking’ by BR Klassik .
2.110766-67 Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 and Surround 5.1 Language: German Subtitles: German, English, French, Japanese, Korean Region code: 0 (worldwide) No. of disc/s: 2 (DVD 9) Release Date: 10 Nov 2023
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Conductor John Fiore continues to be a regular guest at many of the world’s leading opera houses. In Europe, he has appeared at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, National Theatre in Prague, Zurich Opera and conducts widely in his native USA – he has given over 100 performances at The Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danish bass-baritone Johan Reuter recorded Tristan und Isolde under Marek Janowski for Pentatone: ‘Johan Reuter is an outstanding Kurwenal, virile, exciting and lyrical in the first Act, sympathetic and admirable in the third’ ( Musicweb International ). Albert Pesendorfer sings in Naxos’s Ring cycle on 2.107001 / NBD0156VX: ‘Hagen is the vocally and physically imposing Albert Pesendorfer, wonderfully baleful in his night watch’ ( Musicweb International ). Ya-Chung Huang also sings in this production. Of his Siegfried , Financial Times (London) wrote; ‘It is Ya-Chung Huang’s first Mime, too, and he brings redeeming depth and subtlety to the role’. Philipp Jekal sings on Naxos’ recording of Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (2.110657 / NBD0108V): ‘[Jekal]... throws himself admirably into the part [of Don Estoban]’ ( Opera News ). Klaus Florian Vogt is dubbed as ‘one of the premiere Wagnerians of the moment’ by Opera Wire . ‘After more than 15 years of singing Walther, Klaus Florian Vogt’s clarion tenor has lost none of its beauty and brilliance’ wrote Bachtrack.
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Also available on Blu-ray Video: NBD0178-79V Picture format: HD 16:9 Sound format: PCM stereo and DTS-MA 5.1 Language: German Subtitles: German, English, French, Japanese, Korean Region: A, B, C No. of disc/s: 2 (BD 50) Release Date: 10 Nov 2023
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