Pfitzner: Palestrina
Christian Stückl2009-07-14
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197 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Christopher Ventris | Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina | Unowned |
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Peter Rose | Pope Pius IV | Unowned |
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Michael Volle | Giovanni Morone | Unowned |
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John Daszak | Bernardo Novagierio | Unowned |
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Roland Bracht | Cardinal Christoph Madruscht | Unowned |
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Falk Struckmann | Carlo Borromeo | Unowned |
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Christiane Karg | Ighino | Unowned |
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Wolfgang Koch | Graf Luna | Unowned |
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Ulrich Reß | Der Bischof von Bodoja | Unowned |
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Claudia Mahnke | Silla | Unowned |
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Kevin Conners | Theophilus | Unowned |
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Tara Erraught | Ein junger Doktor | Unowned |