We will be showing Richard Strauss’ Elektra live from the Royal Opera House on Thursday 18th June at 7.45pm
Strauss’ thrilling and audacious adaptation of Greek tragedy receives a new staging by the award-winning director Christof Loy.
This uncompromising opera, about a daughter intent on bloody revenge and a mother driven to madness, has provoked critics to lively debate and both shocked and excited audiences since its 1909 premiere. Antonio Pappano conducts music that combines violence with moments of exquisite tenderness in his first Strauss interpretation for The Royal Opera since 2002. The outstanding cast includes Nina Stemme (Brunnhilde in last Season’s Der Ring des Nibelungen) in the title role, and Karita Mattila in her role debut as the haunted queen Klytämnestra.
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance commences. Please arrive in plenty of time to register and, if you wish, order interval drinks.
For booking information please go here
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Music: Richard Strauss Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Christof Loy Designer: Johannes Leiacker Lighting designer: Olaf Winter | Elektra: Nina Stemme Chrysothemis: Sara Jakubiak Klytämnestra: Karita Mattila Orest: Christof Fischesser Ägisth: Joseph Kaiser Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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