Organization

Singer

Soprano

Christine Goerke

Electra

Sara Jakubiak

Chrysothemis

Mezzo-soprano

Katarina Dalayman

Klytaemnestra

Tenor

Stefan Margita

Aegisth

Baritone

Ryan Speedo Green

Orest

Conductor

Evan Rogister

Stage director

Francesca Zambello

Set designer

Erhard Rom

Costume designer

Bibhu Mohapatra

Lighting designer

Mark McCullough

Video designer

Katy S Tucker

Choreographer

Eboni Adams

Alexandra Loutsion

The confidante

Alexandria Shiner

The trainbearer

Patrick Cook

A young servant

Bass

Kevin Thompson

An old servant

The overseer

Contralto

Meredith Arwady

First maid

Cecelia McKinley

Second maid

Hannah Shea

Third maid

Fourth maid

Katerina Burton

Fifth maid

Washington National Opera

German

Elektra -  (Electra)

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Elektra

Public

English

Approved

She’ll do anything for justice.

Music by Richard Strauss / Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
In German with Projected English Titles
Composed 1909
New WNO Production

This royal family is set up for royal dysfunction. Elektra has just witnessed her own mother murder her father Agamemnon, the king of ancient Mycenae. Now that she knows whose hands are bloody, Elektra is hellbent on vengeance. But when her brother returns from exile to carry out her wishes, Elektra’s obsession for revenge pushes her fractured family to the brink of destruction.

Richard Strauss’ masterpiece inspired by the Greek tragedy returns with a new production from Francesca Zambello. Elektra is 100 minutes of power-packed, “fasten your seatbelt” opera, from its dramatic, harrowing music to its hair-raising finale. This acclaimed international cast includes superstar soprano Christine Goerke singing the title role of a daughter possessed, while acclaimed designer Bibhu Mohapatra returns to create eye-catching costumes for an extravagant Greek world. In her fixation on bloody revenge, will the determined princess finally find justice…or will her obsession consume her first?

Christine Goerke’s "Allein! Weh, ganz allein!" from Elektra | Oct. 29 - Nov. 12, 2022

This royal family is set up for royal dysfunction. Elektra has just witnessed her own mother murder her father Agamemnon, the king of ancient Mycenae. Now that she knows whose hands are bloody, Elektra is hellbent on vengeance. But when her brother returns from exile to carry out her wishes, Elektra’s obsession for revenge pushes her fractured family to the brink of destruction.

Richard Strauss’ masterpiece inspired by the Greek tragedy returns with a new production from Francesca Zambello. Elektra is 100 minutes of power-packed, “fasten your seatbelt” opera, from its dramatic, harrowing music to its hair-raising finale. This acclaimed international cast includes superstar soprano Christine Goerke singing the title role of a daughter possessed, while acclaimed designer Bibhu Mohapatra returns to create eye-catching costumes for an elaborate Greek world. In her fixation on bloody revenge, will the determined princess finally find justice…or will her obsession consume her first?

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew