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.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
12 people
Christopher Ventris
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
Also in
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Peter Rose
Pope Pius IV
Also in
La Clemenza Di Tito
Mozart in Turkey
Michael Volle
Giovanni Morone
Also in
Royal Opera House: Salomé
Beatrice di Tenda
John Daszak
Bernardo Novagierio
Also in
Strauss: Salome
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Roland Bracht
Cardinal Christoph Madruscht
Also in
Verdi: Rigoletto
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Falk Struckmann
Carlo Borromeo
Also in
Parsifal
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Christiane Karg
Ighino
Also in
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Ópera Nacional Holandesa)
Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri
Wolfgang Koch
Graf Luna
Also in
Die Frau ohne Schatten
The Young Go Wild
Ulrich Reß
Der Bischof von Bodoja
Also in
Hoffmanns Erzählungen
The Flying Dutchman
Claudia Mahnke
Silla
Also in
Alcina
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
Kevin Conners
Theophilus
Also in
Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Guillaume Tell
Tara Erraught
Ein junger Doktor
Also in
Romeo et Juliette - Liceu
Faust - Salzburg Festival
Christian Stückl Director
First release July 14, 2009 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, German
Production
Unitel
Production
Bayerische Staatsoper
Production
EuroArts
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Germany · July 14, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Christian Stückl
Other films they directed, best known first.
