Ferdinand Frantz in Pfitzner's "Palestrina"

And another fragment from this great work. The Cardinal Morone is sung by German wagnerian bass-baritone Ferdinand Frantz, who remained in shadow of his great colleague Hans Hotter. Unfortunately the recording quality here doesn't allow to get a full idea of his timbre, but the singing culture is still remarcable.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe
Salzburg 1955

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Music

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• hans pfitzner
• palestrina
• ferdinand frantz
• rudolf kempe

[podkivanok]

This scene is the session of the Trident Council, and Morone helds the opening speech and talks about high tasks of Christian Church :) Actually, this scene has little to do with the main plot of the opera.

[Severolus]

i like palestrina - did i mentioned it?

thanks very much for this excerpt.

[FiDiTanzer528]

Thanks for uploading these selections from the Salzburg performance. Good to hear Frantz as something other than Wotan.