Strauss: Elektra

04/30/2016

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1hr 52min

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The Metropolitan Opera: Elektra

STORY

The great singing actress Nina Stemme gives a heart-wrenching performance in the title role of Strauss’s blazing one-act drama, adapted from the ancient Greek myth. Patrice Chéreau’s acclaimed production—the last staging he worked on before his death in 2013—also stars Waltraud Meier as Klytämnestra, Elektra’s nightmare-haunted mother, Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis, her sister, and Eric Owens as Orest, their brother, whose return home brings their family story to a terrifying climax. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the monumental and highly influential score.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Nina Maria Stemme
  • Waltraud Meier
  • Adrianne Pieczonka
  • Eric Owens
  • Burkhard Ulrich

    Directors

  • Gary Halvorson
  • Patrice Chéreau

INFORMATION

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  • The Metropolitan Opera

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