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Pfitzner: Palestrina

Genre:MusicComedyDrama

Released:2009-07-14

Runtime:197

Overview

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.


Cast:

Christopher Ventris

Character: Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina

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Peter Rose

Character: Pope Pius IV

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Michael Volle

Character: Giovanni Morone

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John Daszak

Character: Bernardo Novagierio

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Roland Bracht

Character: Cardinal Christoph Madruscht

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Falk Struckmann

Character: Carlo Borromeo

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Christiane Karg

Character: Ighino

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Wolfgang Koch

Character: Graf Luna

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Ulrich Reß

Character: Der Bischof von Bodoja

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Claudia Mahnke

Character: Silla

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Kevin Conners

Character: Theophilus

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Tara Erraught

Character: Ein junger Doktor

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