Anthony Newman - Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Sunday Vinyl)
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. It is the longest opera commonly performed, taking nearly four and a half hours, not counting two breaks between acts, and is traditionally not cut. With Hans von Bülow conducting, it was first performed on 21 June 1868 at the National Theater in Munich, today home of Bavarian State Opera.