Name: Elektra
Start: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wang Opera Center

Organization

Soprano

Ausrine Stundyte

Electra

Asmik Grigorian

Chrysothemis

Mezzo-soprano

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner

Klytaemnestra

Baritone

Derek Welton

Orest

Tenor

Michael Laurenz

Aegisth

Stage director

Krzysztof Warlikowski

Conductor

Franz Welser-Möst

Salzburger Festspiele

Opera Naples

English

Elektra -  (Electra)

Naples

United States

Wang Opera Center

Elektra Strauss,R

Public

Private

Approved

Elektra (Salzburg Festival) with Aušriné Stundyté, Asmik Grigorian, and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner – In its 100th anniversary edition, the Salzburg Festival celebrates a real triumph with a mind-blowing new production of Elektra, one of the most famous masterpieces of opera history by the two festival founders Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The Lithuanian soprano Aušriné Stundyté as vengeful and traumatized Elektra turns the opening of the festival into a knockout performance, while Asmik Grigorian draws the audience into a spell as her sister Chrysotemis. Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Klytämnestra, Derek Welton as Orest and Michael Laurenz as Ägisth complete an ensemble of top-notch singers. The staging by Krzysztof Warlikowski of this work about matricide, obsession, revenge, and physical degradation is a deep psychological study of a broken family. Franz Welser-Möst brings his trademark flair to the pit where the brilliantly effervescent Wiener Philharmoniker creates gloriously exultant Strauss moments.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Co-Producer