Pfitzner: Palestrina
2009
3h 17m
MusicComedyDrama
Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" is a challenging opera to stage. In Munich, the city in which it was premiered in 1917, director Christian Stückle, conductor Simone Young, and the Bavarian State Opera met those challenges with stunning success.
Top Cast
C
Christopher Ventris
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
P
Peter Rose
Pope Pius IV
Michael Volle
Giovanni Morone
John Daszak
Bernardo Novagierio
R
Roland Bracht
Cardinal Christoph Madruscht
F
Falk Struckmann
Carlo Borromeo
Christiane Karg
Ighino
Wolfgang Koch
Graf Luna
U
Ulrich Reß
Der Bischof von Bodoja
C
Claudia Mahnke
Silla
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