© Alexander Bunge Festival Videos Der Menschenfeind – Jette Steckel Der Menschenfeind | Salzburg Festival 2026 – Statement Jette Steckel Secure Tickets now Weiter stöbern “I want people to be sincere, and, as a man of honour, never to utter a word that does not come from the heart.” The Misanthrope – a battleground, and we watch Molière's hero rebels against a society shaped by hypocrisy. Director Jette Steckel finds this translates well to the world of the Salzburg Festival. The Burden of Silence Ancient mythology interwoven with the present: in Europa after Wajdi Mouawad's Europa's Pledge, director Krzysztof Warlikowski asks about the inheritance of traumatic events. A word with Two and More Souls: All of Faust! Ulrich Rasche stages Goethe's Faust: on the Perner Insel, from 25 July. Scene excerpt Paramour „What a Stroke of Luck“: A Journey Through the World with Peter Handke Jossi Wieler stages Schnee von gestern, Schnee von morgen with Jens Harzer and Marina Galic. The three of them visited Peter Handke in France. Of War and Capitalism Elfriede Jelinek tells a financial comedy from the perspective of animals in Unter Tieren; Ingeborg Bachmann and Hans Werner Henze de-Nazify Der Prinz von Homburg. Unter Tieren – Teaser A word with A word with Valery Tscheplanowa about Faust I Interview The Misanthrope The multi-award-winning director Jette Steckel stages Molière’s Le Misanthrope (Der Menschenfeind), a glittering satire of social hypocrisy, with a contemporary gaze. An interview with the director. previous Load More …
“I want people to be sincere, and, as a man of honour, never to utter a word that does not come from the heart.”
The Misanthrope – a battleground, and we watch Molière's hero rebels against a society shaped by hypocrisy. Director Jette Steckel finds this translates well to the world of the Salzburg Festival.
The Burden of Silence Ancient mythology interwoven with the present: in Europa after Wajdi Mouawad's Europa's Pledge, director Krzysztof Warlikowski asks about the inheritance of traumatic events.
Two and More Souls: All of Faust! Ulrich Rasche stages Goethe's Faust: on the Perner Insel, from 25 July.
„What a Stroke of Luck“: A Journey Through the World with Peter Handke Jossi Wieler stages Schnee von gestern, Schnee von morgen with Jens Harzer and Marina Galic. The three of them visited Peter Handke in France.
Of War and Capitalism Elfriede Jelinek tells a financial comedy from the perspective of animals in Unter Tieren; Ingeborg Bachmann and Hans Werner Henze de-Nazify Der Prinz von Homburg.
Interview The Misanthrope The multi-award-winning director Jette Steckel stages Molière’s Le Misanthrope (Der Menschenfeind), a glittering satire of social hypocrisy, with a contemporary gaze. An interview with the director.
