Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids 2019
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids
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 .
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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Full Cast & Crew... Dionysus
... Pentheus
... Cadmus
... Tiresias/ Calliope
... Agave/Venus
... Captain/Adonis
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Release Date:
Oct 11, 2019
Run Time:
2hr 45`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Status:
Released

Cast & Crew of
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Director
Cast
... Dionysus
... Pentheus
... Cadmus
... Tiresias/ Calliope
... Agave/Venus
... Captain/Adonis
... Autonoe/Proserpine
AMD
Anna Maria Dur... Beroe
... Bassarid - Dancer