TV Standard: NTSC
Color: Colour

Credits:

Henze, Hans Werner (1926-2012)

Description:

Henze’s “The Priestess of Bacchus” returns to the Salzburg Festival after a 52-year absence, conducted by Kent Nagano and directed by Christoph Walikowski, Henze’s masterpiece, “The Priestess of Bacchus,” performed at the 2018 Salzburg Festival, conducted by Kent Nagano and directed by Christoph Walikowski. Based on Euripides’ play “The Faithful of Bacchus,” this Greek tragedy depicts the struggle between Dionysos (aka Bacchus) and Pentheus. Dionysos is the god of madness and drunkenness. The women of Thebai, the priestesses of Bacchus, vow revenge for their refusal to recognize his divinity. Meanwhile, Pentheus, king of Thebai, wants to put an end to this belief in pleasure and disguises himself as a woman to see what happens. However, Pentheus is killed by his mother, Agaue, under the spell of a cruel fate. When Agaue finally co