A guide to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

On Sunday 26 June, from 2.45pm, guardian.co.uk is streaming live online the final performance of Glyndebourne's production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. To prepare you for all five hours, here's our classical music critic's handy viewing guideBackgroundWagner's grand opera in three acts, his only attempt at comedy, is rich in melody and takes as its subject the joyful art of songwriting itself, and the battle between tradition and novelty. It was written between 1862 and 1867 when...

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