The Metropolitan Opera: Elektra
April 30, 2016
1h 52m
EN
Gary Halvorson
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.
Nina Maria Stemme
Elektra
Waltraud Meier
Klytaemnestra
Adrianne Pieczonka
Chrysothemis
N/A
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Eric Owens
Orestes
Burkhard Ulrich
Aegisth
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Self - Conductor
MET Orchestra
Self
The Metropolitan Opera
US
