Penthesilea

Boundless passion, madness, and the fatal conflict between love and duty during the Trojan War: Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons, falls in love with the Greek hero Achilles, yet according to the law of her people, she must first defeat him in battle before she can marry him. In an ecstatic outburst of violence, Penthesilea tears Achilles apart and ultimately meets her own death. Best known as a composer of Lieder (songs in the German language), the Swiss artist Othmar Schoeck created an intoxicating 80-minute, one-act opera of extraordinary dramatic force, based on Heinrich von Kleist’s tragedy of the same name. 

The cast will be announced in November 2026.

Bregenzer Festspiele Extras 

Prague Philharmonic Choir
Choirmaster: Lukáš Vasilek 

Wiener Symphoniker