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Cover of folder for Der Meistersinger containing compositions for several instruments in the collection of the Yuko Nii Foundation, 19th C.
Page from the handwritten manuscript of Der Meistersinger in the collection of the Yuko Nii Foundation
Richard Wagner’s original manuscript The autograph manuscript of the opera is preserved in the Germanisches Nationalmu.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (German: [diː ˈmaɪstɐˌzɪŋɐ fɔn ˈnʏʁnbɛːɐk]; "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg"), WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. It is the longest opera commonly performed, taking nearly four and a half hours, not counting two breaks between acts, and is traditionally not cut. With Hans von Bülow conducting, it was first performed on 21 June 1868 at the National Theater in Munich, today home of Bavarian State Opera. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg occupies a unique place in Wagner's oeuvre. It is the only comedy among his mature operas (he had come to reject his early Das Liebesverbot) and is also unusual among his works in being set in a historically well-defined time and place rather than in a mythical or legendary setting. It is the only mature Wagner opera based on an entirely original story, and in which no supernatural or magical powers or events feature. It incorporates many of the operatic conventions that Wagner had railed against in his essays on the theory of opera: rhymed verse, arias, choruses, a quintet, and even a ballet.
The autograph manuscript of the opera is preserved in the Germanisches Nationalmu.
The premiere was given at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater, Munich, on 21 June 1868. The production was sponsored by Ludwig II of Bavaria and the conductor was Hans von Bülow . Franz Strauss, the father of the composer Richard Strauss, played the French horn at the premiere, despite his often-expressed dislike of Wagner, who was
Landestheater Eisenach where the Yuko Nii Foundation manuscript was used to perform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrvCLUbXtZc
September 19, 2014 the WAH Center hosted the “Dinner with the Devil” celebrating Terrance Lindall’s New Gold Folio and The Satanic Verses of Bienvenido “Bones” Banez Jr. pointed out that “the spirit of Satan” was in the hall of the WAH Center for dinner.
The reception and dinner was blessed by the sounds of Julianne Klopotic, a colleague of Klopotic and colleagues of the WAH Center. Epic sounds from violin, cello. Julianne Klopotic and her colleague flawlessly preformed French compositions, and a young Filipino cellist skillfully played dark compositions from Bach. Banez executed his Satanic Rhapsody, an explosion of musical keys into the wind. Richard Wagner’s ghost permeated the halls.
The night focused on understanding the thread of Satan being in the halls, and in everyday life as explained by Lindall as he read lines from The Satanic Verses. This thread of Satan’s presents awakened. “Dinner with the Devil” was a curious night only can be reported as, you just had to be
