Richard Strauss's Elektra
Donald Runnicles conducts a starry cast led by Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen in Strauss's masterpiece, Elektra, where ancient Greek tragedy meets early 20th-century expressionism.
Based on Sophocles’s Electra, revenge is the engine that drives Strauss's compelling, blood-soaked masterpiece, where ancient Greek tragedy combusts with early 20th-century expressionism, unleashed in a one-act opera of gripping and unrelenting intensity.
This New York Metropolitan Opera production, conducted by one of today's leading Strauss interpreters, features a stunning cast led by Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen, two of the most celebrated dramatic sopranos of our times.
Elektra ..... Nina Stemme (soprano)
Chrysothemis ..... Lise Davidsen (soprano)
Klytämnestra ..... Michaela Schuster (mezzo-soprano)
Aegisth ..... Stefan Vinke (tenor)
Orest ..... Greer Grimsley (bass)
Orest's tutor ..... Harold Wilson (bass)
Young servant ..... Thomas J. Capobianco (tenor)
Old servant ..... Richard Bernstein (bass)
Overseer / Klytämnestra's Confidante ..... Alexandra LoBianco (soprano)
Maids ..... Tichina Vaughn, Eve Gigliotti, Krysty Swann (mezzo-sopranos), Alexandria Shiner, Hei-Kyung Hong (sopranos)
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Read the full synopsis at the Met Opera website: https://bit.ly/35RsXKs
Image: Β© Ken Howard / Met Opera
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