Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids
2019, English. Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski & Tiziano Mancini.
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 .
- Runtime
- 2h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Krzysztof WarlikowskiDirector
- Tiziano ManciniDirector
- Sean PanikkarDionysus
- Russell BraunPentheus
- Willard WhiteCadmus
- Nikolai SchukoffTiresias/ Calliope
- Tanja Ariane BaumgartnerAgave/Venus
- Kàroly SzemerèdyCaptain/Adonis
- Vera-Lotte BöckerAutonoe/Proserpine
- Anna Maria DurBeroe
- Rolsalba Torres GuerreroBassarid - Dancer
Details
- Released
- 11 October 2019
- Written by
- W.H. Auden, Chester Kallman
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Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids (2019) was directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski and Tiziano Mancini and stars Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White.