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Nürnberg
[ nyrn-berk ]
Nürnberg
/ ˈnyrnbɛrk /
Example Sentences
Frank was the lawyer who helped engineer Hitler’s strategy to dismantle democracy through democratic process and was ultimately hanged at Nurnberg as a war criminal for his role in Nazi atrocities.
There has been little overlap between the high drama of sports and the high drama of opera, beyond the bullfighting in “Carmen” or perhaps that odd singing competition in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.”
Several stagings — including Stefan Herheim’s “Parsifal” and Barrie Kosky’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” — have dealt explicitly with Wagner’s and the festival’s political legacy.
In the finale, the character studies on parade — think of the presentation of the guilds in Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” or the Munchkins performing for Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” — were by turns silky, burly, playfully flutey, peppery, worried, dainty and subdued.
Grohs recalled playing Wagner’s very long “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” under Thielemann: “After finishing with these six hours, I was like, come on, let’s do it again from the beginning. Because it’s so natural, the way he conducts. It’s floating. You never feel forced, and you never feel stiff.”
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