The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

Characters of the Opera

Hans Sachs, shoemaker } Mastersingers.

Veit Pogner, goldsmith }

Kunz Vogelgesang, furrier }

Konrad Nachtigal, tinsmith }

Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk }

Fritz Kothner, baker }

Balthasar Zorn, pewterer }

Ulrich Eisslinger, grocer }

Augustin Moser, tailor }

Hermann Ortel, soap boiler }

Hans Schwarz, stocking weaver }

Hans Foltz, coppersmith }

Walther von Stolzing, a young knight from Franconia.
David, Sachs's apprentice.
Eva, Pogner's daughter.
Magdalene, Eva's nurse.
Night Watchman.

Burghers, women of all guilds, journeymen, apprentices, girls, and people.

The action takes place in Nuremberg about the middle of the sixteenth century.

Composer: Richard Wagner.