Movie Description
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids
(2019)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
Dionysus
Pentheus
Cadmus
Tiresias/ Calliope
Agave/Venus
Captain/Adonis
Autonoe/Proserpine
Beroe
Bassarid - Dancer
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Facts
Original TitleHans Werner Henze: The Bassarids
Status Released
Release Information
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2019-10-11
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 45m
Genres
- Music
