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Nina Stemme

Electra

Mezzo-soprano

Waltraud Meier

Klytaemnestra

Adrianne Pieczonka

Chrysothemis

Baritone

Eric Owens

Orest

Tenor

Burkhard Ulrich

Aegisth

Susan Neves

The confidante

The overseer

Bass

Kevin Short

Orest's tutor

Contralto

Bonita Hyman

First maid

Maya Lahyani

Second maid

Andrea Hill

Third maid

Claudia Waite

Fourth maid

Roberta Alexander

Fifth maid

The trainbearer

Scott Scully

A young servant

Mark Schowalter

James Courtney

An old servant

Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Stage director

Patrice Chéreau

Vincent Huguet

Set designer

Richard Peduzzi

Costume designer

Caroline de Vivaise

Lighting designer

Dominique Bruguière

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Elektra -  (Electra)

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Elektra
'Tragödie' in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocle's 'Electra'
First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 25 January 1909

Recording: April 30 2016 - Metropolitan Opera | New York
Director: Gary Halvorson
Duration: 01:52

Metropolitan Opera House

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.

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