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Elektra by Strauss at the Metropolitan Opera
Next broadcasts Sunday, February 5 at 21:00 on Mezzo Live HD
Casting
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
- Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor)
- Patrice Chéreau (Stage Direction)
- Nina Stemme (Soprano) : Elektra
- Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano) : Chrysothemis
- Waltraud Meier (Mezzo-soprano) : Klytämnestra
- Eric Owens (Bass) : Orest
- Burkhard Ulrich (Tenor) : Aegisth
- Susan Neves (Soprano) : Overseer | Confidant
Program
Elektra
'Tragödie' in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocle's 'Electra'
First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 25 January 1909
Recording: April 30 2016 - Metropolitan Opera | New York
Director: Gary Halvorson
Duration: 01:52