1、Edward Hanslick, the critic whom he caricatured in Die Meistersinger and who hated him ever after, now lives only because he was caricatured in Die Meistersinger.
3、"One of the most illustrious of the German composers, Wagner revolutionized opera with such works as "Die Meistersinger"and "Lohengrin"which he called music dramas."
2、Unfazed, Karajan managed to stage such major works as Strauss's Salome and Wagner's Die Meistersinger.