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Longest Regularly Performed Opera
Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg has about five hours and fifteen minutes of music in a complete performance and is identified by Guinness and the Greek National Opera as the longest regularly staged opera.
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about315minutes
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Archive NotePremiered in 1868, Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg draws on sixteenth-century Nuremberg guild culture.
Guinness cites a 1968 Sadler's Wells uncut performance with five hours and fifteen minutes of music. The Greek National Opera confirms its status among regularly staged operas. The fifteen-hour Ring is a cycle of four works, not a single opera.
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1 Milestones- about 315 minutesDie Meistersinger von NürnbergCurrent Record
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- 2026-11-04
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- 2026-11-04
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