Organization

Singer

Soprano

Catherine Foster

Electra

Mezzo-soprano

Deborah Humble

Klytaemnestra

Anna-Louise Cole

Chrysothemis

Tenor

James Egglestone

Aegisth

Baritone

Derek Welton

Orest

Olivia Cranwell

The confidante

Maidservants

Shakira Dugan

Sally-Anne Russell

Rebecca Rashleigh

Dimity Shepherd

Conductor

Rhydderch Hael

Paul Biencourt

A young servant

Bass

Stephen Marsh

An old servant

Stage Manager

Marina Milankovic

Victorian Opera

Simon Meadows

Orest's tutor

Kathryn Radcliffe

The trainbearer

Orchestra

ANAM Orchestra

Orchestra Victoria

German

Elektra -  (Electra)

Southbank

Australia

Arts Centre Melbourne

Based on the tragedy by Sophocles, Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s opera remains one of the greatest works in the Western canon. 

Elektra yearns to avenge the murder of her father, King Agamemnon. Her brother, Orest, returns to cleanse the palace of its evil. From her obsessive beginnings to her final dance of vengeance and collapse, Elektra’s journey to catharsis is one of the great trajectories of character in operatic literature. 

Revered dramatic soprano Catherine Foster, a veteran of Bayreuth and the major opera houses of the world, sings the title role alongside a stellar Australian cast. Maestro Richard Mills conducts the combined forces of Orchestra Victoria, Australia’s opera orchestra par excellence, and the very talented young musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music. 

Don't miss this semi-stage concert, performed for one night only at Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall.

Elektra Strauss,R

Public

English

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading