Ep. 189: Meistersinger Study Day Part I with Desiree Mays

Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 7:58 p.m.

Though thought of as Wagner\u2019s only comic opera, Die Meistersinger can also be seen as an artistic manifesto. With a six-hour running time, Die Meistersinger is the longest opera in the Met\u2019s repertory. On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild podcast, we welcome Guild lecturer Desiree Mays for the first of two episodes on Die Meistersinger.