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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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  • Sean Panikkar

    Sean Panikkar

    Dionysus

  • Russell Braun

    Russell Braun

    Pentheus

  • Willard White

    Willard White

    Cadmus

  • Nikolai Schukoff

    Nikolai Schukoff

    Tiresias/ Calliope

  • Tanja Ariane Baumgartner

    Tanja Ariane Baumgartner

    Agave/Venus

  • Kàroly Szemerèdy

    Kàroly Szemerèdy

    Captain/Adonis

  • Vera-Lotte Böcker

    Vera-Lotte Böcker

    Autonoe/Proserpine

  • Anna Maria Dur

    Anna Maria Dur

    Beroe

  • Rolsalba Torres Guerrero

    Rolsalba Torres Guerrero

    Bassarid - Dancer

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 .

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