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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Christopher VentrisGiovanni Pierluigi de PalestrinaPeter Rose
Peter RosePope Pius IV
Michael VolleGiovanni Morone
John DaszakBernardo NovagierioRoland Bracht
Roland BrachtCardinal Christoph Madruscht
Falk StruckmannCarlo Borromeo
Christiane KargIghino
Wolfgang KochGraf LunaUlrich Reß
Ulrich ReßDer Bischof von BodojaKevin Conners
Kevin ConnersTheophilusTara Erraught
Tara ErraughtEin junger DoktorExplore the crew
- Director
- Christian Stückl