Pfitzner: Palestrina

Name: Pfitzner: Palestrina
Director: Christian Stückl
Released: 2009-07-14
Duration: 197 min
Cast: Christopher Ventris, Peter Rose, Michael Volle, John Daszak, Roland Bracht

July 14, 2009

3h 17m

Music Comedy Drama

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.