Faust I – Trailer

In Ulrich Rasche’s production, Faust I becomes an inner drama. Mephisto, Gretchen and Valentin appear as different facets of Faust himself – representing temptation, purity and order. Inspired by Bruce Nauman’s large-scale installations, a claustrophobic stage space is created that focuses attention on Faust’s inner conflicts and his quest for enlightenment.

Faust I | Salzburg Festival 2026 – Trailer

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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.

Faust I

In the character of Goethe’s Faust, we encounter the archetype of modern man, striving for knowledge, experience and fulfilment, whom Ulrich Rasche’s new production at the Perner-Insel plans to portray as a manifestation of opposing forces.

Among Animals