Film
Strauss: Elektra
2016 · 1h 52m · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Elektra
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- 8.5
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Overview
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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Cast
Nina Maria Stemme
Elektra
Waltraud Meier
Klytaemnestra
Adrianne Pieczonka
Chrysothemis
Eric Owens
Orestes
Burkhard Ulrich
Aegisth
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Self - Conductor
MET Orchestra
Self
Crew
- Gary HalvorsonDirector
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 30, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Music
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