Movie

Pfitzner: Palestrina

2009 3h 17m Released

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.

Cast

C Christopher Ventris Giovanni Pierluigi de Pale P Peter Rose Pope Pius IV Michael Volle Giovanni Morone John Daszak Bernardo Novagierio R Roland Bracht Cardinal Christoph Madrusc F Falk Struckmann Carlo Borromeo