Release Date

30 Apr, 2016

Runtime

01:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The Metropolitan Opera: Elektra

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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Actors

Nina Maria Stemme

Waltraud Meier

Adrianne Pieczonka

Eric Owens

Burkhard Ulrich

Esa-Pekka Salonen

MET Orchestra

Crew

Patrice Chéreau

Gary Halvorson

Paul Cremo

Caroline de Vivaise

Richard Peduzzi