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Pfitzner: Palestrina

2009 · 197 min

A long, stately staged opera that rewards patience with rich music and solemn, talky drama.

Directed by
Christian Stückl
Genres
Music, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Christopher Ventris, Peter Rose, Michael Volle
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.

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Directed by
Christian Stückl
Genres
Music, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Christopher Ventris, Peter Rose, Michael Volle
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • faith
    • power
    • identity
    • trauma
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    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • musical
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    music, comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Christian Stückl
    Starring
    Christopher Ventris, Peter Rose, Michael Volle, John Daszak, Roland Bracht, Falk Struckmann, Christiane Karg, Wolfgang Koch
    Runtime
    197 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    German, English

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