Pfitzner: Palestrina
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July 14, 2009
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Music, Comedy, Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Simone Young
Conductor
Christian Stückl
Director
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Cast
Christopher Ventris
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
Peter Rose
Pope Pius IV
Michael Volle
Giovanni Morone
John Daszak
Bernardo Novagierio
Roland Bracht
Cardinal Christoph Madruscht