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
Christopher Ventris
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
Peter Rose
Pope Pius IV
Michael Volle
Giovanni Morone
John Daszak
Bernardo Novagierio
Roland Bracht
Cardinal Christoph Madruscht
Falk Struckmann
Carlo Borromeo
Christiane Karg
Ighino
Wolfgang Koch
Graf Luna
Ulrich Reß
Der Bischof von Bodoja
Claudia Mahnke
Silla
Kevin Conners
Theophilus
Tara Erraught
Ein junger Doktor
