Pfitzner: Palestrina
Pfitzner: Palestrina2009
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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.
DirectorChristian StücklStudioUnitel
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| CChristopher VentrisGiovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina | Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina |
| PPeter RosePope Pius IV | Pope Pius IV |
 Michael VolleGiovanni Morone | Giovanni Morone |
 John DaszakBernardo Novagierio | Bernardo Novagierio |
| RRoland BrachtCardinal Christoph Madruscht | Cardinal Christoph Madruscht |
| FFalk StruckmannCarlo Borromeo | Carlo Borromeo |
 Christiane KargIghino | Ighino |
 Wolfgang KochGraf Luna | Graf Luna |
| UUlrich ReßDer Bischof von Bodoja | Der Bischof von Bodoja |
| CClaudia MahnkeSilla | Silla |
| KKevin ConnersTheophilus | Theophilus |
| TTara ErraughtEin junger Doktor | Ein junger Doktor |