Jonas Hacker makes a “vocally compelling” Salzburg Festival appearance

Aug 20, 2026

Tenor Jonas Hacker returned to the Salzburg Festival as the Dancing Master in its new production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos. Directed by Ersan Mondtag and conducted by Manfred Honeck, the production opened at the Haus für Mozart in August and continues through August 28.

“the vocally compelling Music and Dancing Masters of Christoph Pohl and Jonas Hacker.”

The Opera Critic