Pfitzner: Palestrina

July. 14,2009      
Rating:
8.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John Daszak as  Bernardo Novagierio
Christiane Karg as  Ighino
Wolfgang Koch as  Graf Luna

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Reviews

Platicsco
2009/07/14

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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Crwthod
2009/07/15

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

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Marva
2009/07/16

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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Scarlet
2009/07/17

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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