Strauss: Elektra (2016)

About Strauss: Elektra

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.

Strauss: Elektra release dates in Australia

First release (worldwide)

30 April 2016

Release dates: TMDB.

Cast and crew of Strauss: Elektra

• Nina Maria Stemmeas Elektra
• Waltraud Meieras Klytaemnestra
• Adrianne Pieczonkaas Chrysothemis
• Eric Owensas Orestes
• Burkhard Ulrichas Aegisth
• Esa-Pekka Salonenas Self - Conductor
• MET Orchestraas Self

Director

Gary Halvorson, Patrice Chéreau

Writer

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Original Music Composer

Richard Strauss

Cast and crew: TMDB.