Ein deutsches Rom: Christian Thielemann dirigiert Palestrina in Wien

Michael Spyres (Palestrina) und Kathrin Zukowski (Ighino)

Michael Laurenz (Bernardo Novagerio) und Wolfgang Koch (Carlo Borromeo)

Günther Groissböck (Papst Pius IV)

Wolfgang Koch (Carlo Borromeo) und Michael Spyres (Palestrina)

Adrian Eröd (Graf Luna), Wolfgang Bankl (Madruscht) und Michael Kraus (Kardinal von Lothringen)

Michael Spyres (Palestrina)

By Snapdragon, 10 December 2024

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“der unumstrittene Höhepunkt ist jedoch der große Auftritt von Michael Spyres in der Titelpartie”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 8 December 2024

Pfitzner, Palestrina

Vienna State Opera

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Herbert Wernicke, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Michael Spyres, Palestrina

Günther Groissböck, Pope Pius IV

Michael Nagy, Giovanni Morone

Michael Laurenz, Bernardo Novagerio

Wolfgang Bankl, Cardinal Christoph Madruscht

Wolfgang Koch, Carlo Borromeo

Michael Kraus, Cardinal Lothirngen

Hiroshi Amako, Abdisu, Father of Assyria

Adrian Eröd, Count Luna

Norbert Ernst, Bishop of Budoja

Florina Ilie, Ighino, Palestrina's son

Patricia Nolz, Silla, his student

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.

Ein deutsches Rom: Christian Thielemann dirigiert Palestrina an der Wiener Staatsoper