Met Opera in HD: Elektra
Nina Stemme takes on the title heroine on a quest for vengeance and legendary mezzo Waltraud Meier sings her fearsome mother.
Location
Hopkins Center Spaulding Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
This Sunday show is an encore broadcast.
Richard Strauss
PART OF THE MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SERIES
The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From the House of the Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme—unmatched today in the heroic female roles of Strauss and Wagner—who portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance. Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother, Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bass Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled siblings. Chéreau’s musical collaborator, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conducts.
Location
Hopkins Center Spaulding Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public