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Strauss: Elektra
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Strauss: Elektra

2016-04-30 · 112 min · ★ 6.5

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The great singing actress Nina Stemme gives a heart-wrenching performance in the title role of Strauss’s blazing one-act drama, adapted from the ancient Greek myth. Patrice Chéreau’s acclaimed production—the last staging he worked on before his death in 2013—also stars Waltraud Meier as Klytämnestra, Elektra’s nightmare-haunted mother, Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis, her sister, and Eric Owens as Orest, their brother, whose return home brings their family story to a terrifying climax. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the monumental and highly influential score.

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Directors
Gary Halvorson, Patrice Chéreau
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The Metropolitan Opera
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Released

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Nina Maria StemmeNina Maria StemmeElektra
Waltraud MeierWaltraud MeierKlytaemnestra
Adrianne PieczonkaAdrianne PieczonkaChrysothemis
Eric OwensEric OwensOrestes
Burkhard UlrichAegisth
Esa-Pekka SalonenEsa-Pekka SalonenSelf - Conductor
MET OrchestraMET OrchestraSelf

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