Release Date

11 Oct, 2019

Runtime

02:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The opera, inspired by Euripides’ tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus – is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? – bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his cousin, King Pentheus, who leads a life marked by purity and asceticism, Dionysus preaches intoxicating excess and sensuality. Aware of the story’s political dimension that resonates in present day politics, Krzysztof Warlikowski brings one of his famed psychological stagings to the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg. In the gigantic three-part set of Malgorzata Szczesniak the captivating tale unfolds like a film using split-screen techniques .

Original Title

Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids

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Actors

Sean Panikkar

Russell Braun

Willard White

Nikolai Schukoff

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner

Kàroly Szemerèdy

Vera-Lotte Böcker

Anna Maria Dur

Rolsalba Torres Guerrero

Crew

Kent Nagano

Krzysztof Warlikowski

Krzysztof Warlikowski

Tiziano Mancini

Hans Werner Henze

W.H. Auden

Chester Kallman