Strauss: Elektra

Music · 2016

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.

Starring

Nina Maria Stemme, Patrice Chéreau, Waltraud Meier, Caroline de Vivaise, Richard Peduzzi, Adrianne Pieczonka, Gary Halvorson, Eric Owens, Burkhard Ulrich, Paul Cremo

Director

Gary Halvorson