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Elektra, Op. 58, is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, [1] which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first of many collaborations between Strauss and Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 25 January 1909.
A prime example is Richard Strauss’s Elektra, a searing masterpiece of early 20th-century theater that sets the title character on an inexorable path to a final cataclysm of violence. Patrice Chéreau, who directed the Met’s production, viewed this opera as a re-reading of Shakespeare’s Hamlet , with both title characters destroyed by the ...
With the strong-voiced, stalwart bass Mikhail Petrenko as Orestes, Ms. Goerke at her most vulnerable, and the orchestra playing with undulant sway and pungent colorings, the scene was a moment of ...
Nov 1, 2011 · The Story Of 'Elektra' November 1, 2011 10:26 AM ET. As the opera opens, Elektra's father, King Agamemnon, is already dead, and the score begins with a powerful four-note theme to which Elektra ...
Apr 21, 2016 · The late Patrice Chéreau’s new production of “Elektra” (realized at the Met by Vincent Huguet, a young colleague) is possibly the most humane rendering of the opera ever brought to the stage.
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Elektra. discography. This is a list of recordings of Elektra, a one-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on 25 January 1909.
