David McVicar's Glyndebourne production of Die Meistersinger premiered in 2011 to a deafening chorus of approval, but that was before people had seen Richard Jones's production for Welsh National Opera. While McVicar set the work in a lovingly-recreated city of Wagner's time, Jones adopted a delicately surreal approach which allowed him to rivetingly illuminate Wagner's elaborate affirmation of the power of love and creativity.
