Salzburg Festival 2025: Henze's The Raft of the Medusa

Synopsis

Any list of major oratorios from the second half of the 20th century would be incomplete without Hans Werner Henze’s Das Floß der Medusa – The Raft of the Medusa. The Salzburg Festival opens with a performance conducted by Ingo Metzmacher in which Udo Samel takes on the part of the narrator, Kathrin Zukowski sings the role of “Madame La Mort” and Georg Nigl that of “Jean-Charles”. At the Felsenreitschule, Henze’s minimalistic yet extremely effective staging instruction will make a great impression: at the beginning of the performance, all the singers assemble behind the “breathing” winds and brass; only “La Mort” stands among the strings. Gradually, the “dying” chorus members wander over to the side of Death…

Additional Info

• No: A04050393
• Composer: Hans Werner Henze
• Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
• Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Artists: Kathrin Zukowski, Georg Nigl, Udo Samel, Bavarian Radio Chorus, WDR Rundfunkchor
• Production year: 2025
• Run time: 01:20:00
• Producers: UNITEL
• Format: 4K

Disc Infos

• No. of Discs: 0