Hear Richard Strauss's "Elektra" on Classical IPR on Saturday at 1 p.m.
London's Royal Opera House presents Elektra's quest for vengeance against her mother, Klytämnestra, who conspired in the murder of her father, King Agamemnon.
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
LIBRETTO: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
VENUE: Royal Opera House Covet Garden
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
CAST:
Elektra: Aušrinė Stundytė
Chrysothemis: Sara Jakubiak
Klytämnestra: Karita Mattila
Orest: Łukasz Goliński
Aegisth: Charles Workman
Orest's tutor: Michael Mofidian
First maid: Noa Beinart
Second maid: Veena Akama-Makia
Third maid: Gabrielė Kupšytė
Fourth maid: Ella Taylor
Fifth maid: Valentina Puskás
An overseer: Lee Bisset
A young servant: Michael Gibson
An old servant: Jeremy White
Confidante: Marianne Cotterill
Trainbearer: Amanda Baldwin
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Sir Antonio Pappano
Approx. Length: 1 hour, 56 minutes
