Richard Wagner: Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Vorspiel 1. Akt 1867^, » 1868^£»/B£ggm M-Ä. ^E*Jäc*. MJ£±»W£6<M;t-o wm^ttHetSHiEi^ÄW. msaiömi’. io >S>£. ^AIOST^. WR. OL3tl^lt#W 0 SSPJ?ftÄ^tiiÄOJM-»W mwft. soätmMmm Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an opera in three acts, written and composed by Richard Wagner. It is one of the most populär operas in the repertory, and is among the longest still commonly performed today, usually taking around four and a half hours. It was first performed at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater in Munich, on June 21,1868. The story takes place in Nuremberg during the middle of the 16th Century and revolves around the real-life guild of Master Singers, which shows an Impression of brightness, happiness and dynamic. This overture is actually the prelude of act 1 and its wide polyphony music and dominant brass form splendid and brilliant vigor.
