ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Name: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Start: 2026-08-02T16:59:00
End: 2026-08-28T16:59:00
Location: Festspielhaus

Salzburg Festival

Run Dates

2026.08.02 ~ 2026.08.28

Festspielhaus

About the show

Transporting this parody of Viennese bourgeoisie by Festival founders Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal into the present time, Ersan Mondtag, whom artistic director Markus Hinterhäuser has invited to make his Salzburg Festival debut, relocates the island of Naxos on Mars, the desert planet. Elīna Garanča sings the title role, Kate Lindsey that of the Composer. Manfred Honeck conducts the Vienna Philharmonic. The new production premieres on 2 August at the Haus für Mozart; five further performances take place through 28 August.

Details

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) ARIADNE AUF NAXOS Opera in one act with a prologue op. 60 (composed 1911—2, second version premiered in 1916) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal New production Manfred Honeck Conductor Ersan Mondtag Director / Sets / Costumes Henning Streck Lighting Luis August Krawen Video Till Briegleb Dramaturgy Kate Lindsey The Composer Elīna Garanča The Prima Donna / Ariadne Eric Cutler The Tenor / Bacchus Ziyi Dai Zerbinetta Johannes Silberschneider The Major-Domo Christoph Pohl The Music Master Jonas Hacker The Dancing Master Leon Košavić Harlequin Michael Porter Scaramuccio Lukas Enoch Lemcke Truffaldino Theodore Browne Brighella Jasmin Delfs Naiad Anja Mittermüller Dryad Marlene Metzger Echo Vienna Philharmonic

Where it's been performed

Festspielhaus

Salzburg

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

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