Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

by Richard Wagner
Opera in three acts
Lyrics by the composer
in German with German and English surtitles
Your own daughter’s hand as a prize in a singing competition – imagine that! There could hardly be a stronger sign of the belief in the systemic relevance of art. And indeed, goldsmith Veit Pogner, who offers his daughter Eva as a prize, is just one of many masters from Nuremberg for whom their art is more than just a nice-sounding sideline: it is no less than a community-building and society-improving force. In the Meistersinger, we encounter a group of utopians who are not interested in their origins or money, but in innovation and the future. Eva’s own attitude to the whole thing is, as so often, of secondary importance. She already knows who she would like to be sung by and who she would rather not. Wagner initially conceived Die Meistersinger as a comic opera, and so everything ends on a superficially happy note: at the end, Eva’s crush Stolzing wins the competition and the bride – an impoverished squire, of all people. The future comes from the past, not only in terms of the son-in-law’s origins, but also with regard to the end of the utopia: the whole thing culminates in the Meistersinger Hans Sachs, who mentored the Junker Stolzing to victory, being crowned King of Art: “Heil Sachs!” and glory to the holy German art. In Wagner’s works, the monstrous often peeps through the tiniest of cracks. With the Meistersinger, Elisabeth Stöppler and Cornelius Meister also tell a piece of German history and mentality between awakening and restoration and, in this German Midsummer Night's Dream (Elisabeth Stöppler), focus on the relationship between the generations and the question of why what was is perhaps also what will be.
Location
Opernhaus
World premiere
1868 in Munich

Premiere of this production
February 2, 2026
Recommended age
from grade 10
There will be a German introduction 45 minutes before the performance at the Upper Foyer (I. Rang).

Introductory matinee on “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“ on January 25, 2026


Feb 2026
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sat
7
16:00
Opernhaus
Premiere
8-152 € / K
Tickets available from presale start
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sun
15
16:00
Opernhaus
8-139 € / I
Tickets available from presale start
Mar 2026
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sun
1
16:00
Opernhaus
8-139 € / I
Tickets available from presale start
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sun
8
16:00
Opernhaus
8-139 € / I
Tickets available from presale start
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sat
14
16:00
Opernhaus
8-139 € / I
Tickets available from presale start
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sun
22
16:00
Opernhaus
Zum letzten Mal in dieser Spielzeit
8-139 € / I
Tickets available from presale start