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Mastersingers of Nuremberg, The

Mastersingers of Nuremberg, The, is a comic opera in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner to his own libretto (text). See Wagner, Richard. It received its first performance in Munich, Germany, on June 21, 1868. Its title in German is Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.

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