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Elektra

Diese Veranstaltung fand in der Vergangenheit statt
Royal Swedish OperaStockholm, S-103 22, Schweden
Datum/Zeit in Stockholm Zeitzone
Darsteller
Royal Swedish Opera
Simone YoungMusikalische Leitung
Staffan Valdemar HolmRegie
Bente Lykke MøllerBühnenbild, Kostüme
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Iréne TheorinSopranElektra
Katarina DalaymanSopranKlytaemnestra
Cornelia BeskowSopranChrysothemis
Ola EliassonBaritonOrest
Jonas DegerfeldtTenorAegisth
Lennart ForsénBassPfleger des Orest
Kristina MartlingMezzosopranErste Magd
Susann VéghSopranZweite Magd
Marie-Louise GranströmMezzosopranDritte Magd
Sara OlssonSopranVierte Magd
Vivianne HolmbergSopranFünfte Magd

1 hour and 50 minutes

Until First, in German with Swedish text on surtitles

Richard Strauss takes the audience’s breath away with his hair-raising drama about Elektra, a king’s daughter obsessed with avenging her father’s murder. The story, based on Sophocles’ classic tragedy, is an incisive study of female rage, but is also a poignant portrayal of a young woman in free fall. It’s an emotional highway through a landscape of blood and disaster, and the pace is unsettling from the first note to the last.

The production, which premiered to popular acclaim in December 2009, is directed by Staffan Valdemar Holm, who also put on Wagner’s famous Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Royal Swedish Opera. The three female leads are among the most demanding and violent roles in all of opera. Elektra features two world renowned artists, soprano Irene Theorin and Katarina Dalayman, who played Elektra in the premiere, returns as Klytaemnestra. Elektra’s sister Chrysothemis is played by rising star Cornelia Beskow.

Royal Swedish Opera and Ballet
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