Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids [1494436]
Released: 2019-10-11
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Runtime: 165 mins
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Overview: 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 .

Cast [9]
Sean Panikkar
Dionysus
Russell Braun
Pentheus
Willard White
Cadmus
Nikolai Schukoff
Tiresias/ Callio
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Agave/Venus
Kàroly Szemerèdy
Captain/Adonis
Vera-Lotte Böcker
Autonoe/Proserpi
Anna Maria Dur
Beroe
Rolsalba Torres Guerrero
Bassarid - Dance

Trailers
  1. THE BASSARIDS (Trailer) | Composed by: Hans Werner Henze | Kent Nagano | Salzburger Festspiele