Palestrina : musical legend in three acts /
Written in a late-Romantic idiom, the opera tells how Palestrina, in the face of anti-musical decrees from the Church, composes his great Missa Papae Marcelli and becomes "the saviour of contrapuntal music"
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Stückl, Christian, director. Fibich, Karina, director. Herbst, Magdalena, producer. Pfitzner, Hans, 1869-1949, composer, librettist. Young, Simone, conductor. Pfitzner, Hans, 1869-1949. Palestrina. Ventris, Christopher, performer. Rose, Peter, 1961- performer. Volle, Michael, performer. Daszak, John, 1967- performer. Bracht, Roland, performer. Struckmann, Falk, performer. Karg, Christiane, performer. |
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Bayerische Staatsoper München. Chor, performer. Bayerisches Staatsorchester, performer. Bayerische Staatsoper München, performer, producer. Hamburgische Staatsoper, producer. Unitel Classica (Firm), producer. EuroArts Music International GmbH. |
| Participants: | Christopher Ventris (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) ; Peter Rose (Pope Pius IV) ; Michael Volle (Ciovanni Morone) ; John Daszak (Bernardo Novagerio) ; Roland Bracht (Cardinal Christoph Madruscht) ; Falk Struckmann (Carlo Borromeo) ; Christiane Karg (Ighino) ; chorus and extras of the Bayerischen Staatsoper ; Bayerisches Staatsorchester ; Simone Young, conductor. |
| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | German English French |
| Language notes: | Sung in German; optional subtitles in English, German, or French. |
| Imprint: | [Germany] : Unitel Classica ; [Leipzig ] : EuroArts [distributor], [2010] |
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| Other title: | Making of Palestrina. |
| Summary: | Written in a late-Romantic idiom, the opera tells how Palestrina, in the face of anti-musical decrees from the Church, composes his great Missa Papae Marcelli and becomes "the saviour of contrapuntal music" |
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| Item Description: | Program notes and synopsis (15 p. : ill.) in English, German, and French inserted in container. Special features include bonus film (9 min.) Making of "Palestrina" (Werkeinführung zu "Palestrina") Recorded live at the Nationaltheater, Munich, July 2009. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (197 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details: | DVD; NTSC; region code: 0 (worldwide) ; aspect ratio: 16:9; PCM stereo, DTS 5.0; 5.1 Dolby Digital sound formats. |
| Credits: | Stage and costume design, Stefan Hageneier ; director of photography, Helmut Fibich. |