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30/04/2016

Strauss's Elektra

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Live from the Met, Strauss's Elektra

Live from the Met, Strauss's Elektra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. With Nina Stemme.

Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Strauss's version of the Greek myth of Elektra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Starrring soprano Nina Stemme.

Today's Live from the Met is Strauss's mighty take on the Greek myth Elektra. Daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Klytämnestra, Elektra is in mourning for her father, killed by her mother and her lover. Elektra is obsessed with the revenge she intends to take, enlisting her siblings for help. In this startlingly modern sounding work, Nina Stemme sings Elektra, driven mad by her desire for revenge, Waltraud Meier her fearsome mother, and Eric Owens and Adrianne Pieczonka her brother and sister.

Presented by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff.

Strauss: Elektra

Elektra ..... Nina Stemme (soprano)
Chrysothemis ..... Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)
Aegisth ..... Burkhard Ulrich (tenor)
Klytämnestra ..... Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano)
Orest ..... Eric Owens (bass-baritone)
Orest's guardian ..... Kevin Short (bass-baritone)
A young servant ..... Mark Schowalter (tenor)
An old servant ..... James Courtney (bass)
Overseer of the servants/Klytämnestra's confidante ..... Susan Neves (soprano)
First maid ..... Bonita Hyman (contralto)
Second maid ..... Maya Lahyani (soprano)
Third maid/Klytämnestra's trainbearer ..... Andrea Hill (soprano)
Fourth maid ..... Claudia Waite (soprano)
Fifth maid ..... Roberta Alexander (soprano)

The Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
The Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor).

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