Organization

Singer

Tenor

Andreas Hermann

Dionysus

Roy Cornelius Smith

Thomas Jesatko

Pentheus

Karsten Mewes

Bass

Tobias Schabel

Cadmus

Sebastian Pilgrim

Uwe Eikötter

Tiresias

Raphael Wittmer

Baritone

Thomas Berau

Captain of the Royal Guard

Joachim Goltz

Mezzo-soprano

Julia Faylenbogen

Agaue

Heike Wessels

Soprano

Vera-Lotte Boecker

Autonoe

Eunju Kwon

Contralto

Edna Prochnik

Beroe

Marie-Belle Sandis

Conductor

Rossen Gergov

Stage director

Frank Hilbrich

Set designer

Volker Thiele

Costume designer

Gabriele Rupprecht

Dramaturge

Elena Garcia Fernandez

Lighting designer

Christian Wurmbach

Video designer

Sami Bill

Chorus master

Nils Schweckendiek

Nationaltheater Mannheim

The Bassarids

Mannheim

Germany

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In the figures of the god Dionysos and King Pentheus, two opposing principles collide: Eros and ratio. Their showdown ends in tragedy. Pentheus took power in Thebes and immediately banned the new cult of Dionysus. In vain, because the people and even his mother Agaue are already devoted to the god who drives them to intoxicated festivals on Mount Kytheron. Pentheus believes that he can evade the power of instinct through reason and asceticism. He uses torture against the followers of the god. When he himself climbs the mountain in disguise at night, Dionysus sends the unleashed crowd on the intruder. Believing it to be a wild animal, Pentheus is killed by Ague. Only the next morning does she realize that she is holding her dead son's head in her hands. Dionysus triumphs. Musical direction: Rossen Gergov Staging: Frank Hilbrich

Trailer »The Bassarids« by Hans Werner Henze

The Bassarids by Henze, From (2015/2015), Directed by Frank Hilbrich,, Conductor Rossen Gergov, Nationaltheater, Mannheim, Germany

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