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Elektra

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Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House New York City, New York, 10023, United States

Dates/times in New York time zone

Programme

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

Performers

Metropolitan Opera
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Conductor
Patrice Chéreau	Director
Richard Peduzzi	Set Designer
Caroline de Vivaise	Costume Designer
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Adrianne Pieczonka	Soprano	Chrysothemis
Nina Stemme	Soprano	Elektra
Waltraud Meier	Mezzo-soprano	Klytaemnestra
Burkhard Ulrich	Tenor	Aegisth
Eric Owens	Bass	Orest
Bonita Hyman	Contralto	Maid 1
Maya Lahyani	Mezzo-soprano	Maid 2
Andrea Hill	Mezzo-soprano	Maid 3
Claudia Waite	Soprano	Maid 4
Roberta Alexander	Soprano	Maid 5
Susan Neves	Soprano	Overseer
Mark Schowalter	Tenor	Young Servant
James Courtney	Bass	Old Servant

Reviews of Elektra directed by Patrice Chéreau

****1

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 2022

*****

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 2018

****1

Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin, October 2016

***11

Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, January 2019 (Deutsch)

*****

Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona, December 2016 (Español)

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Met's new Elektra a triumph of music and theater

Ako Imamura, 14th April

The late director Patrice Chéreau's last work, Elektra, was brilliantly realized at the Met, with special credit to conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and soprano Nina Stemme.

*****