In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly discuss one of the most massive operas ever written, Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. The ancient guild of Mastersingers in Nuremburg, Germany, is searching for the greatest singer in the world, and hosts a singing contest to find him. Besides earning this honor, the winner gets to marry Eva, the beautiful daughter of the contest’s sponsor. [The excerpts heard in... Read More