| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Elektra |
| Hungarian State Opera | ||
| Balázs Kocsár | Conductor | |
| Balázs Kovalik | Director | |
| Csaba Antal | Set Designer | |
| Mari Benedek | Costume Designer | |
| Hungarian State Opera Orchestra | ||
| Hungarian State Opera Chorus | ||
| Szilvia Rálik | Soprano | Elektra |
| Atala Schöck | Mezzo-soprano | Klytaemnestra |
| Tímea Tímár | Mezzo-soprano | Klytaemnestra |
| Adrienn Miksch | Soprano | Chrysothemis |
| Gábor Bretz | Bass | Orest |
| Antal Cseh | Bass | Orest, Orest's Tutor |
| Istvan Horvath | Tenor | Aegisth |
| Dániel Pataky | Tenor | Aegisth |
| Zsófia Nagy | Soprano | Trainbearer |
| Diána Ivett Kiss | Soprano | Maid 1 |
| Zsófia Kálnay | Mezzo-soprano | Maid 2 |
| Melinda Heiter | Mezzo-soprano | Maid 3 |
| Beatrix Fodor | Soprano | Maid 4 |
| Eszter Zavaros | Soprano | Maid 5 |
| Mária Farkasréti | Soprano | Overseer |
| Lusine Sahakyan | Mezzo-soprano | Confidante |
| Gergely Biri | Tenor | Young Servant |
| Máté Fülep | Baritone | Old Servant |
“So many grandly constructed and amazingly nuanced scenes! Full of ambivalences, the initial kinship of the three female characters and the antagonism growing out of the insolubilities of life – paradox fusing into complexity. Flung from one perspective to the next, we can only agree with Klytämnestra: Was die Wahrheit ist, das bringt kein Mensch heraus: what the truth is, no man will ever unravel,” wrote Géza Fodor of Balázs Kovalik's production.
Richard Strauss wrote an overwhelming one-act masterpiece to Hofmannsthal's libretto, an opera of feminine tragedy. It is a faithful adaptation of the Greek tragedy, pitting reconciliation, revenge and madness stoked by a troubled conscience one against the other.
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