Meistersinger

American  

[mahy-ster-sing-er, -zing-] / ˈmaɪ stərˌsɪŋ ər, -ˌzɪŋ- /

noun

plural

Meistersinger, Meistersingers

1. Also a member of one of the guilds, chiefly of workingmen, established during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in the principal cities of Germany, for the cultivation of poetry and music.

2. (italics) Die an opera (1867) by Richard Wagner.

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Meistersinger British  

/ ˈmaɪstəˌsɪŋə /

noun

1. a member of one of the various German guilds of workers or craftsmen organized to compose and perform poetry and music. These flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of Meistersinger

1835–45; < German: master singer

Example Sentences

Wagner’s sprawling “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” returned for the first time in seven years.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

There were swaths of empty seats at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday evening, when Wagner’s sprawling comedy “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” returned to the house after seven years.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

John Ruskin described the comic opera “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” as “sapless, soulless, beginningless, endless, topless, bottomless.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2020

Excerpts from the opera “Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg” were played at the Nuremberg rallies.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020

The overture is quite beautiful; the second subject so attracted Wagner that he "pinched" it and put it into the Meistersinger.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher