Organization

Zanger

Soprano

Christine Goerke

Elektra

Sara Jakubiak

Chrysothemis

Mezzo-soprano

Katarina Dalayman

Klytämnestra

Tenor

Stefan Margita

Aegisth

Baritone

Ryan Speedo Green

Orest

Dirigent

Evan Rogister

Regisseur

Francesca Zambello

Set designer

Erhard Rom

Kostuum ontwerper

Bibhu Mohapatra

Licht ontwerper

Mark McCullough

Video ontwerper

Katy S Tucker

Choreograaf

Eboni Adams

Alexandra Loutsion

Die Vertraute

Alexandria Shiner

Die Schleppträgerin

Patrick Cook

Ein junger Diener

Bass

Kevin Thompson

Ein alter Diener

Die Aufseherin

Contralto

Meredith Arwady

Erste Magd

Cecelia McKinley

Zweite Magd

Hannah Shea

Dritte Magd

Vierte Magd

Katerina Burton

Fünfte Magd

Washington National Opera

Duits

Washington D.C.

Verenigde Staten

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Public

Engels

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?

English

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Cast

Productieteam