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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