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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” by Richard Wagner libretto (English)

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Contents: Roles; Act One; Act Two; Act Three
Roles

Eva, Pogner's daughter - soprano
Magdalena, Eva's nurse - mezzo-soprano
Walther von Stolzing, a young knight from Franconia - heldentenor
David, Sachs' apprentice - high character-tenor
Hans Sachs, cobbler, Meistersinger - bass-baritone
Veit Pogner, goldsmith, Meistersinger - bass
Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk, Meistersinger - light baritone
Fritz Kothner, baker, Meistersinger - baritone
Kunz Vogelgesang, furrier, Meistersinger - tenor
Konrad Nachtigall, tinsmith, Meistersinger - bass
Hermann Ortel, soapmaker, Meistersinger - bass
Balthasar Zorn, pewterer, Meistersinger - tenor
Augustin Moser, tailor, Meistersinger - tenor
Ulrich Eisslinger, grocer, Meistersinger - tenor
Hans Foltz, coppersmith, Meistersinger - bass
Hans Schwarz, stocking weaver, Meistersinger - bass
A Nightwatchman - bass-baritone

Citizens of all guilds and their wives, journeymen, apprentices, young women, people of Nuremberg

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Contents: Roles; Act One; Act Two; Act Three

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