Bayreuth 2025: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

This year Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy.

The Bayreuth Festival's annual new production is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the operatic calendar, and in 2025 Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to Wagner's only mature comedy, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. This highly anticipated staging is matched by a superb musical line-up, with Daniele Gatti conducting an international cast including Georg Zeppenfeld as Hans Sachs, Michael Spyres as Walther von Stolzing and the young Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson as Eva. All in all, it promises to be a fresh and revitalizing take on this most inspiring of Wagner's works, which asks fundamental questions about art, inspiration and what it means to be truly creative.

Recording location Bayreuth Festival
Production Company BF Medien GmbH
Distribution TV Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Video format UHDp50
Audio format Dolby Atmos
Stage Director Matthias Davids
Director Michael Beyer