The 1909 opera is adapted from librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s play of the same name, which was in turn a free adaptation of Sophocles’ classic tragedy. The freedom lies not so much in the plot, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Elektra premiered in Dresden in 1909. Shortly after conquering the opera ...

The Metropolitan Opera has revived Elektra, Richard Strauss’s opera, in the production of the late Patrice Chéreau. The Met first staged this production in the 2015–16 season. I wrote about it here.

Lyric Opera’s 2012 production of Elektra, Richard Strauss’s one-act powerhouse of misery, set a high bar for follow-ups. The current revival with a new cast lost its dress rehearsal to the polar ...

Richard Strauss’ blazing tragedy stars Nina Stemme as the vengeful princess Elektra. “Elektra,” Richard Strauss's blazing tragedy about an ancient Greek princess hell-bent on revenge, comes to ...

For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

"There's no screaming in opera, and there's no crying in baseball." Christine Goerke was on a roll. One afternoon last week between rehearsals at the Detroit Opera House, the 45-year-old soprano was ...

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It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, transformed Sophocles' take on Homer's ...