Oliver Sailer in Ariadne auf Naxos in Innsbruck

Young Tyrolean bass Oliver Sailer, who attracted attention last season as Gremin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, among other roles, opens the new season with Richard Strauss: as Truffaldin, a member of the commedia dell’arte troupe introduced in Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos as a counterworld to the “serious” opera about Ariadne.

Landestheater Innsbruck

Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Oliver Sailer: Truffaldin
Sep 20, 2025 (premiere); Sep 24, 26, 29; Oct 4, 9, 12, 16; Nov 15; Dec 4, 18, 28, 2025

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