Kosky’s Meistersinger conquers Bayreuth again

By Zoltán Szabó, 29 July 2019

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Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 27 July 2019

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Philippe Jordan, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Rebecca Ringst, Set Designer

Klaus Bruns, Costume Designer

Michael Volle, Hans Sachs

Günther Groissböck, Veit Pogner

Camilla Nylund, Eva

Johannes Martin Kränzle, Sixtus Beckmesser

Klaus Florian Vogt, Walther von Stolzing

Daniel Behle, David

Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Magdalena

Stefan Heibach, Augustin Moser

Paul Kaufmann, Balthasar Zorn

Tansel Akzeybek, Kunz Vogelgesang

Christopher Kaplan, Ulrich Eisslinger

Daniel Schmutzhard, Fritz Kothner

Timo Riihonen, Hans Foltz

Andreas Hörl, Hans Schwarz

Raimund Nolte, Hermann Ortel

Armin Kolarczyk, Konrad Nachtigall

Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Nightwatchman

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Ulrich Lenz, Director

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Who is on trial anyway? Kosky’s Meistersinger conquers Bayreuth again