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.
Amadeus
History, Music, Drama
8.0
The Seventh Seal
Fantasy, Drama
8.2
Army of Darkness
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
7.2
The Name of the Rose
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
7.5
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Music, Comedy
9.0
Rossini: Armida
Music
0.0
Andrei Rublev
Drama, History
8.0
The Phantom of the Opera
Drama, Horror
7.1
Don Giovanni
Music
0.0
Zuzana Vojířová
Music, TV Movie
0.0
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Comedy, Fantasy
6.0
MacBeth
Music
0.0
Nabucco
Music
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Music, Drama
7.0
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
Music
10.0
Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc
Music
0.0
San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto
Music, Drama
0.0
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Comedy, War
7.9
Verdi: Macbeth
Music, Drama
0.0
River of Fundament
Drama, Fantasy
6.6