“The Most German of All German Operas”
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) was the only opera that was presented at the Bayreuth festivals during World War II. It is a comedy that most inspired Hitler and the Nazi to make it the centerpiece of their social and cultural thinking, was premiered in Munich in 1868...
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