Name: The Bassarids
Start: 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

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

Nationaltheater

Private

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

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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