Elektra by Strauss at the Metropolitan Opera
Elektra; 'Tragödie' in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949); Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocle's 'Electra'; First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 25 January 1909; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor); Patrice Chéreau (Stage Director); Richard Peduzzi (Sets), Caroline de Vivaise (Costumes), Dominique Bruguiére (Lighting); Nina Stemme (Elektra); Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis); Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra); Eric Owens (Orest); Burkhard Ulrich (Aegisth); Susan Neves (Overseer | Confidant); Bonita Hyman (Serving Woman); Maya Lahyani (Serving Woman); Andrea Hill (Serving Woman); Claudia Waite (Serving Woman); Roberta Alexander (Serving Woman); Andrea Hill (Trainbearer); Mark Schowalter (Young Servant); James Courtney (Old Servant); Kevin Short (Guardian); Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 30 April 2016; Directed by Gary Halvorson (112 min)
