Strauss: Elektra
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“The Metropolitan Opera: Elektra”
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.
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Nina Maria Stemme
Elektra
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Waltraud Meier
Klytaemnestra
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Adrianne Pieczonka
Chrysothemis
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Elektra
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Eric Owens
Orestes
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Gary Halvorson Director · Patrice Chéreau Director Hugo von Hofmannsthal Writer
United States release April 30, 2016
Production
The Metropolitan Opera
Production
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · April 30, 2016
Theatrical
United States
September 9, 2017 · Theatrical
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