Rage against the machine: Rasche's Elektra grinds down performers

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 01 February 2022

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“the machine squeaks as well... it creaks and groans, more hamster wheel than Wheel of Fortune”

Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva on 31 January 2022

Strauss R., Elektra

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Jonathan Nott, Conductor

Ulrich Rasche, Director, Set Designer

Sara Schwartz, Costume Designer

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève

Romy Sprinsguth, Costume Designer

Stephan Müller, Dramaturgy

Ingela Brimberg, Elektra

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Klytaemnestra

Sara Jakubiak, Chrysothemis

Michael Laurenz, Aegisth

Károly Szemerédy, Orest

Michael Mofidian, Orest's Tutor

Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Maid 1

Ahlima Mhamdi, Maid 2

Céline Kot, Maid 3

Iulia Elena Surdu, Maid 4

Gwendoline Blondeel, Maid 5

Marion Ammann, Overseer

Élise Bédènes, Confidante

Mayako Ito, Trainbearer

Julien Henric, Young Servant

Dimitri Tikhonov, Old Servant

Alan Woodbridge, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Elodie Olson-Coons

Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.

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