Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids

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Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids (2019)

Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski, Tiziano Mancini

Music · 2h 45m

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 .

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Cast

S
Sean Panikkar Dionysus Russell Braun Pentheus Willard White Cadmus Nikolai Schukoff Tiresias/ Calliope
T
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Agave/Venus
K
Kàroly Szemerèdy Captain/Adonis
V
Vera-Lotte Böcker Autonoe/Proserpine
A
Anna Maria Dur Beroe
R
Rolsalba Torres Guerrero Bassarid - Dancer

Crew

Director
Krzysztof Warlikowski, Tiziano Mancini
Writer
W.H. Auden, Chester Kallman
Original Music Composer
Hans Werner Henze

Details

Release date
2019-10-11
Runtime
2h 45m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English