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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.
Top Cast
Christopher Ventris as Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
Peter Rose as Pope Pius IV
Michael Volle as Giovanni Morone
John Daszak as Bernardo Novagierio
Roland Bracht as Cardinal Christoph Madruscht
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