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".

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pfitzner, Hans, 1869-1949 (Composer, Librettist)
Corporate Authors:	Bayerische Staatsoper München. Chor (Performer), Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Performer), Bayerische Staatsoper München (Performer, Producer), Hamburgische Staatsoper (Producer), Unitel Classica (Firm) (Producer), EuroArts Music International GmbH
Other Authors:	Stückl, Christian (Director), Fibich, Karina (Director), Herbst, Magdalena (Producer), Young, Simone (Conductor), Ventris, Christopher (Performer), Rose, Peter, 1961- (Performer), Volle, Michael (Performer), Daszak, John, 1967- (Performer), Bracht, Roland (Performer), Struckmann, Falk (Performer), Karg, Christiane (Performer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	German
Language Notes:	Sung in German; optional subtitles in English, German, or French.
Published:	[Germany] : Unitel Classica ; [2010]
Subjects:	Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, > 1525?-1594 > Drama. Composers > Italy > 16th century > Drama. Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, > 1525?-1594. > Masses, > book 2. > Missa Papae Marcelli > Drama. Music > Italy > 16th century > Religious aspects > Drama. Mass (Music) > Italy > Drama. Composition (Music) > Drama. Operas. Filmed operas. Televised operas. Biographical films. Nonfiction films. Feature films.

Table of Contents:

DVD 1. Act 1. Bonus
DVD 2. Act 2. Act 3.