Pfitzner: Palestrina (2009)
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.
Director: Christian Stückl
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Christopher Ventris as Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina |
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Peter Rose as Pope Pius IV |
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Michael Volle as Giovanni Morone |
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John Daszak as Bernardo Novagierio |
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Roland Bracht as Cardinal Christoph Madruscht |
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Falk Struckmann as Carlo Borromeo |
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Christiane Karg as Ighino |
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Wolfgang Koch as Graf Luna |
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Ulrich Reß as Der Bischof von Bodoja |
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Claudia Mahnke as Silla |
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Kevin Conners as Theophilus |
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Tara Erraught as Ein junger Doktor |
| Directing | Christian Stückl | Director |
| Sound | Simone Young | Conductor |