Organization

Conductor

Jonathan Nott

Stage director

Ulrich Rasche

Set designer

Costume designer

Sara Schwartz

Romy Springsguth

Lighting designer

Gerrit Jurda

Choreographer

Jonathan Heck

Yannik Stöbener

Justus Pfankuch

Dramaturge

Stephan Müller

Chorus master

Alan Woodbridge

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner

Klytaemnestra

Soprano

Ingela Brimberg

Electra

Sara Jakubiak

Chrysothemis

Tenor

Michael Laurenz

Aegisth

Baritone

Károly Szemerédy

Orest

Bass

Michael Mofidian

Orest's tutor

Elise Bédènes

The confidante

Mayako Ito

The trainbearer

Julien Henric

A young servant

Dimitri Tikhonov

An old servant

Marion Ammann

The overseer

Contralto

Marta Fontanals-Simmons

First maid

Ahlima Mhamdi

Second maid

Céline Kot

Third maid

Iulia Elena Surdu

Fourth maid

Gwendoline Blondeel

Fifth maid

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Others

Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève

Orchestra

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Elektra -  (Electra)

Geneva

Switzerland

The opera Elektra composed by Richard Strauss and performed at Grand Théâtre de Genève.

Queen Clytemnestra assassinates King Agamemnon. Their daughter, Elektra, lives for the day when her father's death will be avenged. Like a curse, the vendetta must be fulfilled, but is Elektra capable of committing the irreparable?

At Grand Théâtre de Genève, the cogs of revenge are set in motion by director Ulrich Rasche, who imprisons the characters of Elektra in a spectacular scenic device: a steel tower weighing almost twelve tons in perpetual rotation. In the pit, conductor Jonathan Nott and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande confront the musical challenges of Strauss' intoxicating one-act score. The female characters at the centre of the drama are sung by three artists of the highest calibre: Ingela Brimberg as Elektra, Sara Jakubiak as Chrysothemis and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Clytemnestra.

Streamed on OperaVision on 18 March 2022 at 19:00 CET and available until 18 September 2022:
https://operavision.eu/en/library/per...

CAST Electra: Ingela Brimberg Clytemnestra: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Chrysothemis: Sarah Jakubiak Aegisthus: Michael Laurenz Orest: Karoly Szemeredy Orest's tutor: Michael Mofidian The confidante: Elise Bédènes The trainbearer: Mayako Ito A young servant: Julien Henric An old servant: Dimitri Tikhonov An overseer: Marion Ammann Five maids: Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Ahlima Mhamdi, Céline Kot, Iulia Elena Surdu, Gwendoline Blondeel Chorus: Grand Théâtre de Genève Chorus Orchestra: Orchester de la Suisse Romande Music: Richard Strauss Text: Hugo von Hofmannsthal Conductor: Jonathan Nott Director: Ulrich Rasche Associate Director: Dennis Krauss Set Designer: Ulrich Rasche Costume Designer: Sara Schwartz, Romy Springsguth Lighting Designer: Michael Bauer Choreographers: Jonathan Heck, Yannik Stöbener, Justus Pfankuch Chorus Master:Alan Woodbridge
Dramaturg: Stephan Müller

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Queen Clytemnestra assassinates King Agamemnon. Their daughter, Elektra, lives for the day when her father's death will be avenged. Like a curse, the vendetta must be fulfilled, but is Elektra capable of committing the irreparable?

At Grand Théâtre de Genève, the cogs of revenge are set in motion by director Ulrich Rasche, who imprisons the characters of Elektra in a spectacular scenic device: a steel tower weighing almost twelve tons in perpetual rotation. In the pit, conductor Jonathan Nott and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande confront the musical challenges of Strauss' intoxicating one-act score. The female characters at the centre of the drama are sung by three artists of the highest calibre: Ingela Brimberg as Elektra, Sara Jakubiak as Chrysothemis and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Clytemnestra.

Elektra Strauss,R

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