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Elektra

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Staatsoper Unter den LindenUnter den Linden 7, Berlin, 10117, Germany

Dates/times in Berlin time zone

Programme

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

Performers

Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim	Conductor
Patrice Chéreau	Director
Richard Peduzzi	Set Designer
Caroline de Vivaise	Costume Designer
Gilles Bottacchi	Lighting Designer
Dominique Bruguière	Lighting Designer
Staatsopernchor Berlin
Staatskapelle Berlin
Ricarda Merbeth	Soprano	Elektra
Waltraud Meier	Mezzo-soprano	Klytaemnestra
Vida Miknevičiūtė	Soprano	Chrysothemis
René Pape	Bass	Orest
Stephan Rügamer	Tenor	Aegisth
Bonita Hyman	Contralto	Maid 1
Marina Prudenskaya	Mezzo-soprano	Maid 2, Trainbearer
Katharina Kammerloher	Mezzo-soprano	Maid 3
Anna Samuil	Soprano	Maid 4
Roberta Alexander	Soprano	Maid 5
Renate Behle	Soprano	Overseer, Confidante
Florian Hoffmann	Tenor	Young Servant
Olaf Bär	Baritone	Old Servant
Franz Mazura	Bass-baritone	Orest's Tutor

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

*****

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 2016

*****

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

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Irre und traurig: Elektra an der Staatsoper Berlin

Sarah Schnoor, 29th January

Ricarda Merbeth gibt eine markerschütternde Elektra in Patrice Chéreaus psychologischer Inszenierung.

***11