Richard Strauss' Elektra, performed as part of the Metropolitan Opera's 2015-2016 season captured live in HD on the New York...
Richard Strauss' Elektra, performed as part of the Metropolitan Opera's 2015-2016 season captured live in HD on the New York stage.
"The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From the House of the Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme—unmatched today in the heroic female roles of Strauss and Wagner—who portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance for the murder of her father, Agamemnon. Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother, Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bass-baritone Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled siblings. Chéreau’s musical collaborator Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Strauss’s mighty take on Greek myth." (MetOpera)
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"The Met orchestra sounded magnificent—colorful, vibrant, and sensitive to the singers. It burst with jagged Straussian fury, but also found that composer’s warmth and lyricism, even wit."
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Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal"Does Full Justice to Strauss’s Masterpiece."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Virtuosic and volcanic. A recreation of Patrice Chéreau’s brilliant staging, topped off by a powerful performance from Nina Stemme."
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Financial Times
Financial Times
